Open Message Queue is the community version of Sun Java System Message Queue. Source code for the project is available as a single .zip archive file. Complete binary copies are available for Solaris Sparc, Solaris x86, Linux, and Windows. These copies are unsupported, though you may post questions to the Message Queue Forum, as well as use e-mail feedback lists.
Open Message Queue is a full featured Message Oriented Middleware, queuing server. Open MQ implements the Java Message Service (JMS) API and provides enterprise class features such as,
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Message buffering between enterprise system components
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Scalable distribution of message servers (broker clustering)
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Integrated SOAP / HTTP messaging
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Java and C Client API
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Scalable JCA 1.5 compliant Resource Adapter
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Enterprise Administration Features
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Extensive JMX support
The components of Open Message Queue are shown in the following diagram