Appendix F. JBoss Installation and Configuration
The JBoss server (www.jboss.org) is a J2EE-compliant application server that is implemented in 100 percent pure Java. Distributed under the GNU public license, JBoss is totally free. There is no per-CPU licensing scheme, and no fee for even commercial use.
The zero cost is not the only factor that differentiates JBoss from competitors, however. JBoss prides itself in having features such as “hot deploy,” “dynamic proxies,” and a JMX-based fully modular design that enables you to replace virtually every component of the server. That is something you can’t find even in commercial products, no matter ...
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