IBM WebSphere Liberty has been around for more than a decade, yet many WebSphere administrators are more familiar with WebSphere Liberty's predecessor, WebSphere Application Server (WebSphere traditional, or tWAS). In this new article, we address the most common misconceptions about Liberty: ibm.biz/LibertyMyths

For each misconception, or myth, discussed in the article, a video clip is provided in which Alasdair Nottingham (Chief Architect of WebSphere and Liberty) expands on how Liberty approaches and supports the capability that you might be used to using on WebSphere traditional.

WebSphere Liberty is a modular, Jakarta EE and MicroProfile application runtime that is built from the open source Open Liberty project. All applications that run on Open Liberty can also run on WebSphere Liberty, and both flavors of Liberty can be supported by IBM Support.

Liberty takes a different approach from WebSphere traditional in its approach to application deployment and operations, reflecting changes in the broader IT industry and evolving development practices.

If you're used to WebSphere traditional but are planning to migrate applications to Liberty, you probably have a lot of questions. This article addresses some of the most common Liberty operations questions we hear and tries to clarify and debunk some of the myths that have surfaced over the years.