<s>
Orion	B-Language
Application	I-Language
Server	I-Language
is	O
a	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
application	B-Application
server	I-Application
developed	O
by	O
Swedish	O
company	O
IronFlare	O
AB	O
,	O
founded	O
by	O
Magnus	O
Stenman	O
and	O
Karl	O
Avedal	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
released	O
in	O
1999	O
,	O
Orion	O
claims	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
first	O
commercially	O
available	O
application	B-Application
server	I-Application
with	O
full	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
current	O
stable	O
version	O
is	O
2.0.7	O
which	O
is	O
compliant	O
with	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
version	O
1.3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Oracle	B-Application
Corporation	I-Application
acquired	O
license	O
to	O
the	O
source	O
of	O
Orion	O
in	O
2001	O
,	O
and	O
developed	O
it	O
as	O
Oracle	B-Application
Application	B-Application
Server	I-Application
Containers	O
for	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
(	O
OC4J	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Orion	O
developers	O
were	O
involved	O
in	O
maintenance	O
and	O
enhancements	O
of	O
the	O
source	O
for	O
Oracle	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
IronFlare	O
became	O
an	O
official	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
licensee	O
in	O
2003	O
,	O
which	O
enabled	O
them	O
to	O
access	O
the	O
Sun	O
Microsystems	O
compatibility	B-Language
testing	I-Language
tools	I-Language
to	O
ensure	O
correct	O
implementation	O
of	O
the	O
Java	B-Language
EE	I-Language
specification	O
by	O
Orion	O
.	O
</s>
