[OpenEJB-user] Real world EJB applications

[David B. <dav...@vi...>]

Hi All,

We on the developers list (ope...@li...)
have been hard at work making big decisions and big cvs checkins.  If
you want to participate in development of OpenEJB, you should definitely
join the ope...@li... mailing list.  New
faces, as well as old faces, are very welcome.

Recently, we voted to add a simple, but string, remote server layer to
the existing EJB Container System.  This was the missing piece that
stopped users from putting OpenEJB to the test as a standalone EJB
Server.  Now, OpenEJB is not just a pluggable container system, but also
comes with a default server implementation as well.

This means that after long adieu, you can finally put OpenEJB to work
serving your ejbs to remote clients.  We are working up an official beta
release of OpenEJB so you can all give it a try.  Expect this by May
15th.

But, before we make this release, we have a special request.  We would
like you to send us EJBs and applications we can deploy and run.  This
would ensure that the initial gotchas are faced by the developers and
fixed immediately, saving a hundred new users from having to deal with
this headache.  This will also help us tremendously in creating good
documentation for the new server.

You will get a full report from us on what it took to deploy your beans
and app and what fixes and enhancements happened as a result.  You will
be thanked publicly on our website, and have the opportunity to talk
about your application and company.

Obviously we cannot deploy 100 applications, we will pick the top 10
that most challenge OpenEJB.

Please send your EJBs and client applications to
ope...@li....  We will respect the terms of
your license and will not redistribute or share your code with anyone
outside the core team.  If you like, you may alternatively send the code
to me directly at, dav...@vi....

Best regards and thank you,
David Blevins
OpenEJB Project Leader