JBoss AS is an open source Java Enterprise Edition (Java EE)-based application server. The project was started by Mark Fluery in 1999. Since then, JBoss Group (LLC) was formed in 2001, and in 2004, JBoss became a corporation under the name of JBoss, Inc. In early 2006, Oracle sought to buy JBoss, Inc., but later on in the same year, RedHat succeeded in buying the corporation.
As JBoss AS is based on Java, the application server supports cross-platform installation and, unlike other proprietary software in the market, JBoss offers the same features at very low prices. The following are some of the advantages of JBoss:
- Flexibility due to plugin-based architecture
- Ease of installation and setup
- Provides the full Java EE stack, including Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB), Java Messaging Service (JMS), Java Management Extension (JMX), and Java Naming and Directory...