Macromedia JRun
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JRun is a J2EE
application server
, originally developed in 1997 as a Java Servlet
engine by Live Software and subsequently purchased by Allaire
, who brought out the first J2EE compliant version. It was acquired by Macromedia
prior to its 2001 takeover of Allaire, and subsequently by Adobe Systems
when it bought Macromedia in 2005. Its latest patch Updater 7 was released by Adobe in 2007. Updater 7 added Sun JDK 1.6 support, Apache 2.2 support, Windows Vista/IIS7 support and Mac OS X 10.4 on Intel support.
Adobe announced in August 2007 to discontinue new feature development for JRun. The ColdFusion
team will continue to make changes to its underlying Java engine as they require.
Java Platform, Enterprise Edition
Java Platform, Enterprise Edition or Java EE is widely used platform for server programming in the Java programming language. The Java platform differs from the Java Standard Edition Platform in that it adds libraries which provide functionality to deploy fault-tolerant, distributed, multi-tier...
application server
Application server
An application server is a software framework that provides an environment in which applications can run, no matter what the applications are or what they do...
, originally developed in 1997 as a Java Servlet
Java Servlet
A servlet is a Java programming language class used to extend the capabilities of servers that host applications accessed via a request-response programming model. Although servlets can respond to any type of request, they are commonly used to extend the applications hosted by Web servers...
engine by Live Software and subsequently purchased by Allaire
Allaire Corporation
Allaire Corporation was a computer software company founded by Jeremy and JJ Allaire in Minnesota, later headquartered in Cambridge, then Newton, Massachusetts...
, who brought out the first J2EE compliant version. It was acquired by Macromedia
Macromedia
Macromedia was an American graphics and web development software company headquartered in San Francisco, California that produced such products as Flash and Dreamweaver. Its rival, Adobe Systems, acquired Macromedia on December 3, 2005 and controls the line of Macromedia...
prior to its 2001 takeover of Allaire, and subsequently by Adobe Systems
Adobe Systems
Adobe Systems Incorporated is an American computer software company founded in 1982 and headquartered in San Jose, California, United States...
when it bought Macromedia in 2005. Its latest patch Updater 7 was released by Adobe in 2007. Updater 7 added Sun JDK 1.6 support, Apache 2.2 support, Windows Vista/IIS7 support and Mac OS X 10.4 on Intel support.
Adobe announced in August 2007 to discontinue new feature development for JRun. The ColdFusion
ColdFusion
In computing, ColdFusion is the name of a commercial rapid application development platform invented by Jeremy and JJ Allaire in 1995. ColdFusion was originally designed to make it easier to connect simple HTML pages to a database, by version 2 it had...
team will continue to make changes to its underlying Java engine as they require.