Unfortunately I don't think anyone from Sun can comment on Oracle's
intentions for GlassFish's long-term future until the deal closes.
Having said that, Sun offers GlassFish Enterprise v2.1 support today
and you can read the EOL (End-Of-Life) policy here:
http://www.sun.com/service/eosl/software.jsp
. It should give you all the runway you need for your application.
A 2.1.1 version is also due before the end of the year and GlassFish
v3* is due in November (see
http://blogs.sun.com/theaquarium/entry/updated_glassfish_v3_fcs_schedule)
, and will fall under the same support structure.
hope this helps,
-Alexis
*: this page compares the various GlassFish releases :
http://glassfish.dev.java.net/public/comparing_v2_and_v3.html
On Aug 17, 2009, at 8:23, glassfish_at_javadesktop.org wrote:
> Would it make sense to currently suggest Glassfish as the
> application server (in a solution) for an application whose life-
> time is around 5-6 years?
>
> [i](This is related to Oracle's buying of Sun)[/i]
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