I was interviewed by a magazine reporter this morning at the CommunityOne/JavaOne conference, and some of his questions got me thinking – will life after Sun with Oracle in the Java driving seat mean no more JavaOne conferences? Will Oracle do a combined OracleWorld/JavaOne conference, or will they continue to run JavaOne in the future? The first keynote is tomorrow morning, so while it will be surprising if anyone from Sun or Oracle have anything to say about the buy out (since the deal is still going through), or course we’re all wondering at the same time if they will talk about any changes coming up in the future as a result.
Is Microsoft the most unlikely company to present at JavaOne this week?
Microsoft are presenting a keynote session at JavaOne this week, on SOA interoperability. Quite possibly the most unlikely company to present at JavaOne, ever?
Sun’s Schwartz says Project Vector may be worlds largest app store (for Java apps)
We haven’t heard much coming out of Sun for a while since they are in negotiations with Oracle over their take over. Jonathan Schwartz recently blogged about a few interesting things though, including mention of Project Vector, which aims to be an apps store for Java apps, similar to the iPhone apps store and all the other branded stores that are popping up on every handheld platform. Sun get an immense volume of traffic coming to their sites looking for info on the Java platform, so this may be a way to stir up come cash flow from their prize jewel technology.
Relationship between GlassFish and Sun Application Server releases
I have wondered this for a while, but this blog entry points out the relationship between the Glassfish releases and the Sun packaged releases (Sun Java Application Server). Apparently there is no difference in the code base, just in the Sun branded packaging.