Project Summary
Payara Server is derived from GlassFish. It is developed by Payara as a drop in replacement for GlassFish Server Open Source Edition, and released quarterly with bug fixes, hot fixes, enhancements and patches.
In addition to the continuous development of its application server, Payara - the company - provides dedicated 24/7 production and developer support for Payara Server, as well as consulting services for GlassFish and Payara Server users.
In a Nutshell, Payara Server...
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by a very large development team
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took an estimated 0 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in September, 2014
ending with its most recent commit 2 days ago
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