Well, the OpenBD mailing list is all a flutter with new activity. The amount of activity and the enthusiasm that folks are showing is really exciting!

Amongst the various topics, questions like "How do I set this thing up?", and "Should I use JBoss, Jetty or Tomcat?", etc. are popping up. In one such topic: 'SOLUTION: OpenDB + Tomcat Example Setup' the mailing list user 'per' gives an excellent little step-by-step setup.

I'd repeat the instructions here, but he's recently blogged about it himself. So rather than duplicate effort, just click the link.

I'm excited to see folks who are not on the steering committee starting to put out helpful information. So, my thanks to "per", and all the other folks on the OpenBD mailing list who are getting involved, spreading the word, rolling up their sleeves and diving in and using this great new piece of Open Source Software.

As of May 3rd, Open BlueDragon has finally been released into the wild, and is available in a variety of formats from their download page. Two versions are available now, and others are coming soon!

Let's start putting this thing to some good use! And when you've got a site running on OpenBD be sure to tell everyone on the OpenBD mailing list!