Apache Karaf
ApacheCon was really interesting this year!  Recently, a lot of people have expressed a real interest in ServiceMix Kernel , our generic OSGi distribution for server side applications.  We've been discussing moving this subproject into Apache Felix  for several reasons: raise the visibility and awareness on ServiceMix Kernel  attract a broader community Several Apache projects are planning to use ServiceMix Kernel as their container: this includes Apache James , Apache Directory  and Apache ActiveMQ .  The Apache Sling  community is also willing  to contribute to this effort along with some other groups like the OPS4J  project. During this discussion, a name as been proposed by Jamie Goodyear: Apache Karaf . A carafe is a small container used for serving wine and other drinks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carafe). In similarity to the name the Kernel allows applications to be more easily handled, and improves their characteristics (much like a bottle of wine left to breath in a dec...


 
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