JBOSS Vs OpenEJB

[rajaneesh]

Are JBOSS and Open EJB entirely diffrent? If so how and which is advantageous to use?

[juha]

Yes they are. JBoss is a full, J2EE certified middleware platform. OpenEJB is merely an EJB container, nothing more. The two cannot really be even compared.

[rajaneesh]

Is the EJB Container of JBOSS based on Open EJB EJB Container? If no then is there any reason for having two different stream of development in the Open source community?

[acoliver]

Open source isn't a communist or socialist doctrine. there is differentiation, specialization, and competition. Thus I don't fault them for creating their own EJB container instead of using JBoss's.