I have to say, Oracle puts on some sweet parties. I had a blast at the Oracle Appreciation event.
Otherwise, logistically: - Having this many people at the conference created some annoying logistical issues (I registered late and found it impossible to find a hotel) - JavaOne feels like OpenWorld's little brother - Like the others, I'm not a big fan of the hotel/tent setup - it was a pain walking back and forth all the time, and there were some issues with some of the hotels (rooms not big enough, rooms uncomfortably hot). This was exacerbated by constant session changes that sometimes had me going back and forth trying to figure out where my session was. - The sessions themselves are generally quite good - I learned a lot and enjoyed most of the sessions I went to - The JavaPosse BoF is always one of my favorites and they were entertaining as usual this year, but the Mason St. Tent venue was kind of unfortunate - it wasn't setup to allow a lot of people to have good experience and I struggled to hear/see them. Obviously not the Posse's fault, but it was a little sad for me. On the state of Java and the content of the conference - I think there was a lot more clarity and realism surrounding new Java features and schedules - Oracle seemed like they were giving a lot more concrete commitments surrounding Java features and functionality - whether they live up to those commitments remains to be seen, but the fact that they are saying what they are doing and when they are doing it may be comforting to some who were bothered by Sun's wishy-washy approach. - The keynotes seem much more business-like and focused - there was a lot less "Here is something cool we are doing." and more "Here is what we are going to sell you." - Java SE seems like it is heading in a decent direction, Java EE is too. Java ME feels like they are totally ignoring smartphones, and honestly the ME-related parts of keynotes were kind of depressing. Without Android, there is basically nothing interesting going on in the smartphone space with Java. I hope that gets resolved in a decent way - soon. - Seems like a lot of OSGi / Jigsaw animosity again. - I was happy to see plans for a more frequent release cycle for Java - I hope they are able to live up to it It certainly does have a distinctly different feel than previous years, but aside from some logistical issues, I don't think it is necessarily worse. Will I try to attend again next year? Possibly. If it is again combined with OpenWorld an exists in a couple of hotels and a tent, that would dampen my enthusiasm for it a bit. - Spencer On Sep 22, 10:19 am, CKoerner <[email protected]> wrote: > So anyone have any thoughts on: > > - How Oracle handled JavaOne this year > - Oracles direction for Java and Java related technologies > - The keynotes > - The Java attendance numbers > - The demeanor of this years participants (excited, aprehensive, > etc..) > - The absence of key Java figures > > Finally : > > - What should Oracle do to make things better for the next JavaOne -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
