What this means for Hibernate users =================================== * more resources for Hibernate development * able to buy PRofessional training / commercial support * assurance that the Hibernate project continues to exist and grow
What the means for the Hibernate team ===================================== * a chance to make some money :) * Gavin gets his life back (maybe) * no longer have to beg and scrounge for money for things like domains
What this means for the Hibernate project ========================================= * more developers * Hibernate will be distributed with JBoss application server * lots more users * an easier "sell" to management types * we get a marketing team!
What this means for the JBoss project ===================================== * JBoss will use Hibernate as backbone of CMP layer * Hibernate will complement JBoss AOP, being a POJO-oriented persistence layer
What this means for JBoss Group =============================== * JBoss gets a great persistence engine! * lends credibility to jboss.org as an umbrella for more than just the appserver project * JBoss is able to sell Hibernate training and support
What it does NOT mean ===================== * Hibernate will not become dependent upon JBoss! It is a central goal of the project to remain platform independant! * you will not have to start paying for documentation * we will not stop giving great support in the forums * Hibernate will not be "swallowed" into the JBoss project; it remains a seperate project, now affiliated with jboss.org and supported by JBoss Group * our central goals do not change: we remain committed to building the killer ORM implementation for java!
