BEA WebLogic under Ubuntu - about other similar applicationa on Open Source (OT)

[Stephen Liu]

Hi vinodis and folks,

> not to deter your intent; did you try jboss?
> its really easy to install on Linux and very lightweight.
> You could run the entire J2EE stack technologies with Jboss.
> You can connect to this Jboss instance from NetBeans IDE (Available
> for
> Linux and easy to install).
> Another option, is to have NetBeans with the Sun Application Server
> (both are free and available for linux ).
> Apache Beehive ( a BEA contrib) can be easiy used under Linux.

I suppose NetBeans an IDE similar to Eclipse?

Are Jboss, Compiere, JaperReport and Datavision similar ERP/CRM having
common functions?  Which of them is easier to use?

What is the function of Apache Beehive?
http://beehive.apache.org/

TIA

B.R.
SL