Using Sun tech at Strathclyde Sun@Strathclyde

Today saw the presentation of my first tech demo as part of the Sun@Strathclyde program :-)

The demo was based around the various open-source technologies that Sun produces, in particular the Solaris operating system and the NetBeans IDE. We got a really good turnout, 51 people - that's a fair bit more than I expected, so many thanks to everyone who came along!

I was pleased to welcome along Rod McAllister from Sun, who came to introduce the Sun@Strathclyde program, and there seems to be a fair bit of genuine interest from attendees about using some of the technology presented during the talk. That, of course, is what Sun@Strathclyde is all about - raising awareness of the cool and powerful technologies that Sun gives away for free.

Speaking of giving stuff away for free, the post-talk freebies proved very popular:

Note to self: don't lay out freebies on a table in front of a horde of students, as trampling may ensue and your stock of freebies will be exhausted very quickly (guess I'll just have to strategically hand out t-shirts at the next demo, thankfully I kept those back!).

So, once again, many thanks to everyone who attended and I look forward to seeing everyone again at the next Sun@Strathclyde presentation, which will be next week - same time, same day, same place. We'll be showcasing SunSPOTs, Sun's Java-enabled wireless sensor technology - pretty cool stuff.

For more info about Sun@Strathclyde and what it can do for you, please check out the website at http://cis.strath.ac.uk/~lmcbrien.