Friday May 29, 2009
Sun's JavaOne conference is next week, starting June 2, at Moscone Center in San Francisco. As an in-house attorney at Sun, this has always been one of my favorite events to attend. It's always great fun to see all the different ways in which Sun's technology is being used. Negotiating an agreement to closure is satisfying, but then getting to see how the companies meld their technology together to create something new is even better. It helps put licensing deals in context and make them more "real." Not to mention being around non-lawyers for a few days! 
Some of the things that look like lots of fun at JavaOne this year:
Java Pavilion. This is often my favorite part - with all the exhibits and booths, you can really see how and where Java is used. All of the companies are so willing to show you what their products are and what they do (as long as you don't tell them you're a Sun lawyer, that is
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The "Java Utopia" lounge. Hopefully complete with flashy beanbag chairs, Sun Rays, and other geek ware. (Hey, I'm a "geek" too! I love gadgets and technology - I just happen to be a lawyer on the side!)
Speakers from Sun, IBM, Microsoft and Sony Ericsson. There are always a few surprises at J1 (as those "in the know" affectionately call it), and the General Sessions, complete with new product demos, are always very interesting.
James Gosling's "Toy Show." Santa just cannot compete.
A glimpse of the LincVolt. I would love to have one of these babies! Sun offers "preferred parking" for hybrid/electric cars - I would love to drive one of these into the office and edge it into a space next to all the Priuses and Insights.
T-Shirt launching. No J1 would be complete without this event. I actually caught a shirt one year, and then gave it to one of my kids. I don't even remember what it looked like. It's the thrill of the catch, not the actual shirt, that counts.
Watch for some great announcements coming from Sun and JavaOne next week!
P.S. Did you know that all of the Top 5 mobile phone makers run Java?
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