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Sun Microsystems today announced the release of Sun GlassFish Enterprise Server v3 Prelude, along with a preview of features to be included in the upcoming Java Platform Enterprise Edition 6.

"GlassFish Enterprise Server version 3 Prelude is a lightweight Web application server that is based on a modular OSGi (Open Services Gateway Initiative) architecture, said Paul Hinz, director of Java Enterprise System at Sun," writes eWeek's Darryl K. Taft. "Hinz noted that Sun also is providing a preview of features that will be available in the upcoming Java EE 6 release. Java EE 6 is slated for release around the time of JavaOne 2009, which will be in early June."

"Glassfish v3 Prelude will include enhanced abilities for users to run dynamic development languages in addition to pure Java," writes InternetNews' Sean Michael Kerner. "One of the languages highlighted by Hinz is Ruby, which is supported on Glassfish as JRuby. Hinz noted that to date, Sun has seen demand for running Ruby applications on a Java app server with some demand for users that want to run the Ruby on Rails framework as well."

The press release is here.