To me, jBPM 5 looks a lot more like Drools Flow than jBPM 4.x: for example, the vision includes WS-HT, integrated rules/events, and apparently no support for jpdl. I think it’s a cool vision but it really does make jBPM 4.x look like a dead end that I should avoid. Am I reading the tea leaves wrong?

One suggestion is to go through the jBPM 4.4 and 4.x issues and decide which go in the “Won’t fix” category.

Also, I’d like your opinion. If I’m just starting out on a 12-18 month project, am I better off using Drools Flow instead of jBPM 4.x? In which project will bugs get fixed and features get added? Which project will make it easier to move to jBPM 5?

Thanks

Scott

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