Gluecode Software announces support for Apache Geronimo platform.

Gluecode Software, an open source application infrastructure company, has announced that its enterprise-class application infrastructure software will support Apache Software Foundation's (ASF) Geronimo application server platform. Gluecode's support of the Geronimo platform ultimately extends increased software choice and flexibility to enterprise IT departments.

"The Apache Software Foundation has a proven track record of building open source technologies that become widely adopted by enterprises. Geronimo is uniquely licensed under the Apache license, a business-friendly approach that empowers companies such as Gluecode to innovate and extend it with business-driven enhancements," said Winston Damarillo, CEO, Gluecode. "We look forward to helping accelerate its enterprise adoption."

Gluecode pioneered Managed Open Source, a software development and sales model in which it develops and supports customized, enterprise-class software products on top of freely available, best-of-breed open source technologies from collaborative development communities such as the Apache Software Foundation.

"The support of companies like Gluecode underscores the Apache Software Foundation's commitment to providing an open, collaborative foundation upon which a variety of both commercial and non-commercial activities may be freely pursued," said Geir Magnusson Jr., Director and PMC Chair, Apache Software Foundation. "Commercial adoption and support of the Geronimo project helps bring more developers into the project and the ASF, ultimately creating higher quality software that can be freely downloaded and utilized by everyone."

"Open source companies like Gluecode are forcing entrenched, proprietary software vendors to re-examine their pricing models, distribution strategies and product feature sets," said Nathaniel Palmer, Chief Analyst, Delphi Group. "The flexibility, price and performance offered by solutions such as Gluecode's ultimately will benefit enterprise customers, providing them with an entirely new model for acquiring and managing the software that powers their business."