J-EAI 1.0 beta6 is based on ejabberd but includes numerous improvements over ejabberd:
Bla, Bla.
I just installed j-eai on SLES and I'm already using ejabberd on Debian for variuos log collection purposes. Should I look into j-eai or stick to ejabberd?
Only you know the answer
Only you know the answer: do the improvements on j-eai over ejabberd benefit you? Are they important for you? It seems those benefits were not important for jabber.org.