JBoss is an open source free EJB server that implements most of the functions specified by other J2EE. Now Sun has implemented JBOSS as J2EE 1.4 standards. This article leads you from JBoss3.2.6 installation. Also until a complete "Hello, World" EJB is developed.
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Practical jboss - teach you to write the first EJB
