This year will be the last Java One… at least it will be the last, that Sun will host, and not Oracle! The first keynote of the conference ended in a surprising appearance by Sun Chairman and cofounder Scott McNealy, who introduced surprise guest Larry Ellison, cofounder and CEO of Oracle Corporation. Oracle’s acquisition of Sun Microsystems is expected to be finalized in the next few months. That’s it, it’s all over, isn’t it?
No it is not! As long as we all trust in the words of Larry Ellison, who spoke about the great effort Oracle has made out of Java and that they will not stop the work on the community. Well, we have to wait, how things will go on, but the Java One will not be the same…
Java One 2009 opening session
The show must go on and so did the conference. I visited very cool sessions, mostly about JavaFX and how things are developing. So I joined the BOF of the JavaFX Designer MeetUp and the sessions held by Richard Bair and Jasper Potts. I like your stuff, keep on rolling! I also went to the session about animations, renamed “Animation rocks”, by Chet Haase and Romain Guy. Awesome session, again, after the one you two guys held at the Devoxx 2008!
Overall scoring: This Java One, even if it is not as big as it used to be the years before (that’s what alumni said) – I really enjoyed my time here at San Francisco. Thanks to all!
San Francisco and the Golden Gate Bridge at sunset
