I had planned to attend Oracle Open World 2009. Not that anyone had suggested that my duties as java.net editor might require that. I was just thinking, over the summer, that a confluence of many different strands of my past and present career seemed to point to me attending Oracle Open World this year.
For example, I've worked with fairly high-end Sun servers in a data center environment almost constantly since 1993. There have actually been two different data centers (though they were constructed for the same organization). The first one didn't involve enormous database activity, so we used PostgreSQL. The second data center was designed from the start to utilize a database as the centerpoint of the structural organization for the data processing. For that data center (which has been fully operational for some time now), an Oracle database was selected. Hmm.. Sun meets Oracle...
Meanwhile, more than a year ago, I was managing editor for BEA's developer sites, when Oracle acquired BEA. That transition introduced me to Oracle from a new point of view -- it was a partner role, as I assisted in the transition, working directly with people from Oracle as well as from BEA. In the data center, I'm an Oracle user and customer. With the BEA transition, I was (briefly) a member of the Oracle team.
But, then I moved on...
This must have been a trying period for Oracle. Because it soon became obvious that they really missed working with me! After less than a year of not hearing my voice in meetings, they apparently searched the net, and found out that I was now working as java.net editor. And so (I hope I don't get in trouble for saying this), the truth is: it was actually as a means of bringing me back into their status meetings that Oracle decided to acquire Sun. How strange life is, no? [Editor's Note: of course, no such meetings have taken place to this point; nor does the writer have any specific knowledge that what is stated here is true, nor can it be independently verified, etc., etc.]
Considering all of these things, I really thought attending Oracle Open World 2009 was going to happen for me. It really would have fit in perfectly, don't you think? I even registered early on for a pass that would let me visit the exhibition hall... As things turned out, it was not to be.
Fortunately, though, many members of the java.net community are either presenting at Oracle Open World 2009 or reporting on it. All three Java Today entries and one of today's highlighted blogs have as their topic this year's conference. In addition, Sun's communications group sent me an email invitation to join them at Oracle Open World. The message includes a link to Sun sessions at the conference.
So, I'm watching Oracle Open World 2009 with great interest this week -- but (alas!) from afar.
Several JUG Leaders and Java Champions checked out Oracle Open World. Sunday activities were centered around events and presentations run by the various Oracle User Groups. JUG Leaders and Champions: met up with the Sun Community Program Mgr and Coordinator at check-in; attended an oracle user group session; checked-out the Hands-On Labs at Oracle Develop (Hilton); attended the Sunday Kick-Off Keynote; and, met up with the Oracle User Group Leaders (i.e. www.odtug.com) in the evening for an impromptu social mixer at the Marriott. JUG and OUG leaders had lots to talk about. Discussions centered around Java Technology, Java EE, JDeveloper, NetBeans, Eclipse, Garbage Collection, and Community building tools/websites...
Oracle OpenWorld started today.
Family commitments didn't let me go there today (do check
OpenWorld Live)
but I'm planning to be there Mon-Wed.
I just tried to capture a few of the events I want to attend and it is as bad as JavaOne -
actually, OOW seems worse, but I'm just sampling it, while I try to be exhaustive with J1. I created a Mini-Calendar to help me track what I want to attend (ha!); you are welcome to check it but beware I've not had time to double check it yet and I need to add events also...
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