Maiden Flight with a Hornet

after ActiveMQ let us down the third time (rant to follow), it was time for alternatives. as i am a strong believer in OSS and the budget is tight these days, i´d love to stay in that ballpark instead of just buying SonicMQ.
so looking for alternatives i came across the recent announcement of HornetQ formerly [...]

Book Review: ActiveMQ in Action

via CLOSED-LOOP: Book Review: ActiveMQ in Action.

However do not expect the following from the book: Learning how to architect and design applications/systems that use ActiveMQ (or generally MOM/JMS)
How to evaluate if ActiveMQ is the right technology for a new system
For me the book did not contain any real eye-openers nor did I feel that it [...]