Simon Phipps wrote On 03/08/07 10:14,:
On Mar 8, 2007, at 01:05, Bob Palowoda wrote:
Sorry for the broad distribution, but I wanted to
give the most people
the opportunity to comment and participate. Teresa
and I applied for,
and were granted, an OpenSolaris track during
JavaOne.
Wow. That's great. Thank you!
The track will
take place on Monday May 7th (the day before JavaOne
officially begins)
at the Argent Hotel in San Francisco.
I assume this will run along side of the NetBeans event, right? Are we
all in the same hotel?
We have 4 sessions that we need to fill.
Will there be more sessions? Such as a keynote? Is it half a day or a
whole day?
I would like
to open the floor
for anyone interested in submitting a session.
Please
use the marketing
alias (opensolaris dash mktg at opensolaris dot org).
Once submissions
are in, we can discuss over there which ones we
should do.
Keep in mind that the JavaOne audience may not be
familiar with
OpenSolaris, so introductory or novice sessions are
welcome.
Why would a Solaris developers go to an expensive Java developers
conference to see novice sessions about Solaris?
Actually I gather this will be a free event preceding JavaOne, and it's
likely to be a good venue for people curious about OpenSolaris to
encounter it for the first time. And Java developers I know tell me
DTrace is an awesome debugging tool...
I spent a lot of time at the JavaOne OpenSolaris pod last year, and the
interest in OpenSolaris ran very, very high. And Alan's SVOSUG meeting
in SF had a lot of Java people there, too.
So, if Sara and Teresa have scored us an entire track for ourselves
directly linked to one of the biggest developer venues in the world, I'd
say that's a pretty big deal. Also, OpenSolaris Day's within Sun's Tech
Days tour -- which have traditionally been focused on Java -- have drawn
very well around the world. So, as Simon suggests, I bet there are many
ways we can engage with Java guys. I'll be there for sure.
One of the best features of the Germany OpenSolaris Conference was that
the call for papers was open and took place on these lists. Anyone could
submit a proposal. That's what's happening here, too. This is really
good news.
Jim
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