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Beta Starts!

Friday Feb 29, 2008

Ok, I have gotten legal approval to start the Beta for a Software-only version of the Sun SPOT SDK. What this means:

You don't have to buy the Development Kit to get in on the fun

There, that's it. :-) You can get the SDK and begin playing with the SDK, writing code, and running it on the Sun SPOT Emulator all without hardware! And for free!!!

So, how to participate? Email me. Your email should be sent to davidgs (at) sun (dot) com. Please put "SDK Beta" in the Subject: line so that I can attempt to manage the (anticipated) flood more easily.

You will then be sent a link for the Truth or Consequences Java WebStart page from where you can start the install. YOu will have to be able to run Java WebStart applications, of course.

I guess I should add that all of you existing Sun SPOT users are not excluded from this! If you want to play with the new version of SPOT Manager, just sign up!

[ You are a very redundant person, that's what kind of person you are. ]

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Posted at 12:05PM Feb 29, 2008 by davidgs in Sun SPOTs
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great!

Posted by Lukas on March 19, 2008 at 01:41 PM EDT #

[Trackback] If you do not have a Sun SPOT, do not be bored, you can still have a lot of fun! In this entry, I gonna explain how to start programming the world using NetBeans 6.1!

Posted by Bruno Ghisi's Blog on April 12, 2008 at 12:43 AM EDT #

excellent!I have give your email.hope I can get the links,thanks again!

Posted by McQueen on April 18, 2008 at 07:19 AM EDT #

sound great but I've sent the request almost 2 weeks ago and haven't received any feedback yet. should I wait more or request again!

Posted by Hamidreza on May 06, 2008 at 10:53 AM EDT #

I've responded over email, but I got your request, and the response was sent out (within minutes, it's an automated process) but the Beta ended and the software is all now freely available! And has been for a while, actually. See here: http://blogs.sun.com/davidgs/entry/this_is_big_news_sun

Posted by David Simmons on May 06, 2008 at 11:01 AM EDT #

Thanks for the link

Posted by Hamidreza on May 06, 2008 at 11:07 AM EDT #