Assessing JBoss: Product Maturity
As you can see from the checklist in Table 5.3, a JBoss product assessment was performed along the four product aspects discussed in this chapter. As a recap, those product aspects are
Functionality
Longevity of the product
Quality of the product
Quality of the product team
In terms of product functionality, JBoss fully supports the relevant J2EE application server standard and is, in fact, beginning the process of being certified by Sun. JBoss delivers a full J2EE product set via the inclusion of the Tomcat servlet engine. JBoss suffers in comparison with the commercial providers in that they offer additional products integrated with the J2EE product set. Specifically, one commercial vendor offers a tightly coupled ...
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