Tatjana Obradovic's blog

By now most of you are aware already that Oracle has contributed Java EE specification to open source, and into Eclipse Foundation. The Java enterprise community decided to rename the Java EE specification to Jakarta EE. Part of this huge transition to open source is changing the specification process. The...

I am very excited to say that Eclipse GlassFish 5.1-RC1 is now released! The version we are working on, Eclipse GlassFish 5.1.0, will be Java EE 8 certified once it is fully released, however, the RC1 gives the community an opportunity to test the code and provide their feedback. We...

I made it to my first 100 days at the Eclipse Foundation! New beginnings are always exciting. It has been a blast and a challenge at the same time. Many twists and turns, but steady progress nevertheless for both Jakarta EE and me! My experience at the Eclipse Foundation started...

A major milestone was achieved this September 2018! The Jakarta EE TCKs are here and finally open sourced! It was long wished for and waited on by many. But what exactly does that mean? Transparency: Vendors, customers, and the community, in general, can see what passing the tests really means...

A major milestone was achieved yesterday! The GlassFish code from Oracle made its home in the Eclipse Foundation's Git repositories ( https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/glassfish), starting a new era of Eclipse GlassFish. This is another step in making Jakarta EE a vehicle for innovation in cloud-native application development. The Eclipse GlassFish application server...

These are exciting times for the Java community! EclipseCon France (ECF) 2018, the first ECF since Oracle contributed Java EE to Eclipse Foundation, surely reflected that. The Jakarta EE brand, now firmly accepted by the community, received heightened visibility at ECF via a track dedicated to Jakarta EE and related...