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I had a double take when I saw the news that IBM has purchased Gluecode.

IBM is really looking to do something different here. Maybe it is just an experiment with opensource, or maybe something more fully planned.

One of the most interesting parts of the press release is the graph:

Is Gluecode really less that WebSphere Express even??? hopefully not for long!

This makes it look like a migration path too. It will be interesting to see how the brands are marketed ("If you like Gluecode, why not upgrade to the full blown WebSphere"????).

Again, we can read into:

Continuation of IBM's open source strategy

IBM is making a major commitment to Apache Geronimo as the Open Source application server of the future. The Gluecode team will continue to be major participants in the Apache Software Foundation’s Geronimo project, and IBM will add resources — contributors and code — to strengthen and expand the Geronimo community. In fact, today we also announced IBM’s plans to contribute a plug-in to allow Eclipse developers to develop and deploy Apache Geronimo applications, and our plans to contribute Gluecode-developed value add Standard Edition product features.

This is a continuation of IBM’s open source strategy. The Open Source community fosters innovation and we want to contribute and collaborate as a peer to the energy and momentum.

Congrats to the Gluecode/Geronimo folk.

Redherring: Gluecode Sticks to Big Blue

“It makes sense for IBM to move down in the market, at least for the software group. It keeps companies like JBoss from nibbling at their heels,” said Gerald Cohen, chief executive of Information Builders, a New York City-based IBM partner. “WebSphere is really too massive a product. It has 23 CDs and is sold to heavy Blue accounts.”

“IBM sends a clear message to competitors like BEA that it’s keen to see the application server market consolidate and to get the players competing on the basis of higher-level services,” said Mr. Barnett. “This strategy plays extremely well for IBM, because BEA has nothing like the breadth and depth of services that IBM has in WebSphere.”