Musings on the world of software from the sharp end of the long tail
Posted in mass on May 29th, 2009
It’s been just over 3 months since we created the JBoss MASS project and today we’re announcing the first major code contribution – The Migration Analysis Tool (MAT) was created by Mitch Mocle and team at Middleware Connections. The tool is used as a starting point for estimating the effort required to migrate a group [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 16th, 2009
I’m hosting the JBoss MASS project kickoff meeting on Wednesday 18th February at 3pm EST. Tentative Agenda : Introductions Priorities Define Charter Scope of work Dial-in numbers and Agenda are on the wiki : https://www.jboss.org/community/docs/DOC-13334 If you’re interested in contributing to the discussion or want to learn more – feel free to join us and [...]
Posted in mass on Feb 11th, 2009
A lot of interest in JBoss Enterprise Middleware is thanks to our proprietary competitors’ exorbitantly high license costs and completely disproportionate and poorly timed price hikes. While cost is certainly the main reason customers move – it’s not the reason they stay once they have made the move. According to recent surveys – Vendor Independence, [...]