Earlier today I updated the GlassFish FAQ entry that describes the
differences. Hopefully it is more readable now.
http://wiki.glassfish.java.net/Wiki.jsp?page=FaqGlassFishV2vsSJSAS91
Whether you are using GlassFish or the SJSAS, the bits are free for
development and production. After installation, the bits layed down on
disk by the GlassFish installer are the same as when you install the
base SJSAS 9.1 bundle. The "SJSAS w/HADB" bundle adds HADB, Mozilla
NSS libraries and 3rd party data direct drivers. As you recognize,
there are no major differences between SJSAS and GlassFish. That's by
design. Eduardo has a good writeup on how we productize open source:
http://blogs.sun.com/pelegri/entry/hardening_productizing_open_source_projects
As Alexis mentions, if you plan to go into production and want to
purchase support (or purchase support in the future), we recommend
installing SJSAS on production systems. He also has an excellent
writeup of the support topic:
http://blogs.sun.com/alexismp/entry/support_for_glassfish_what_s
On Dec 18, 2007, at 11:18 PM, glassfish_at_javadesktop.org wrote:
> Folks;
>
>> http://wiki.glassfish.java.net/Wiki.jsp?page=FaqGlassF
>> ishV2vsSJSAS91
>> and :
>> http://blogs.sun.com/alexismp/entry/glassfish_sjs_as_i
>> n_production
>> should answer your question.
>>
>> You are free to use GlassFish in production.
>
> I want to get back on this, with two questions, as I am also sort of
> "affected": We are considering a migration of our "legacy" platform
> to JEE, which includes re-implementation of most of the code. So
> far, we want to use Java, and we want to go with NetBeans+Glassfish/
> SJAS for that matters simply because of that reasoning: We can start
> with that combination in a wholly "open-source" environment
> building, learning, deploying, running our application and getting
> more "serious" in terms of spending money on support, education, ...
> as soon as it's required.
>
> However, as far as I do see things, there's no support option for
> "pure" Glassfish so far? So far, I don't completely see what "major"
> differences are there between Glassfish and SJAS. Would moving an
> app from Glassfish to SJAS be as simple as redeploying it there, or
> is more work involved? Or should we get started with SJAS after all?
>
> Cheers,
> Kristian
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