Explicitly and without apology a marketing vehicle MaryMaryQuiteContrary

Thursday, September 30
9 a.m. US Pacific
Live streaming audio from James Gosling and Graham Hamilton

don't miss it.

then quick hop on a plane.

go to New York for the big party.

you're invited.

(you must register to attend.)

All in honor (and celebration) of the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition, release 5.0.

why such a big deal?

hello, sista?! you bin living in a cave? (sic)

it's only one of the largest projects ever developed through the Java Community Process. ever.

160 expert members designing more than 100 features.

huge big time massive big deal.

I happen to be in the process of seeking out (some might call it stalking) a certain Gilad Bracha who is the guy that writes the Java language and Java virtual machine specification. Let's just put it this way: not a lot of people on the face of this planet can do this work. Gilad can. And does.

Oh, but it doesn't stop there, people... Ken Russell and Fred Oliver... startup time... Class Data Sharing. huge performance win.

i'm stalking them too.

Robert Field (M&M).

Mandy Chung (JSR 163, JSR 174)

Bino George, Chris Campbell  (XAWT and opengl support)

huge, huge, huge amount of work.

(i'm going to get Bino a "g" for his name. just kidding. just a little humor there...)

Scott Violet and a host of others worked on the skinnable look and feel.

that's the key here.

a host of others.

you guys... we're hours away from the release...

this is huge... this is HUGE!

And I intend to stalk all these guys. And they're not even all guys.

that's never stopped me.

i intend to personally invite these A-list celebrities and Java platform super stars into that tightly knit and exclusive community of techno celebs who are my close personal friends.

pop quiz: what do all these guys and gals have in common with me?

we get our paycheck from the same company.

totally blows your mind, doesn't it.

i gotta go. need to figure out what i'm going to wear to the party tomorrow...

big J2SE 5.0 kiss!!

mary

p.s. i didn't mention Calvin. i went through the whole (shamefully abbreviated) list of Sun techno celebs who've had a hand in shaping this huge monumental release and I don't mention Calvin. Well, Calvin is my fave. i've been stalking him for a long time. he knows the drill. he can show you guys the ropes.

p.p.s. doesn't this whole thing want you go stand in line somewhere to be first in line to get it? i love the Internet. shift. reload.