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Welcome to Apache Geronimo

Welcome to Apache Geronimo, the J2EE server project of the Apache Software Foundation. Please help us make this a world class, certified J2EE container!

The aim of the The goal of the Geronimo project is to produce a large and healthy community of J2EE developers tasked with the development of an open-source, certified J2EE server that:server runtime framework that pulls together the best Open Source alternatives to create runtimes that meet the needs of developers and system administrators. Our most popular distribution is a fully certified J2EE 1.4 application server runtime. We are working on our next version of the server which is based on Java EE 5.

Some of our guiding principles are:

• Easy to use.
• Build servers that are distributed under the Apache Software License.
• Provide runtimes that meet the needs of developers, administrators and system integrators.
• Integrate with the best open source tooling available like Eclipse.
• Provide frequent releases of our software so users can experience the newest features and have access to the latest bug fixes.
• Build a community that incorporates multiple disciplines required to create complex runtime and toolable infrastructure.
• Is licensed under the Apache License
• Passes Sun's TCK for J2EE 1.4
• Reuses the best ASF/BSD licensed code available today, with new ASF code to complete the J2EE stack.
• Dominates the world
• Kicks ass!

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