EJB 3.0 has been gaining momentum recently.
JBoss have a working
EJB 3 plugin for
JBoss Application Server and recently published this
customer testimonial about it working in a production environment.
Oracle have an early release available too.
The
spec hasn't been finalised just yet, but it's getting close and shouldn't be far away. So to prepare you for the release date, I'll be writing a series of articles on the new spec over the coming weeks explaining how the face of EJB has changed.
Stay tuned.