Tuesday April 24, 2007 Open Source at JavaOne
I recorded a podcast yesterday with Sys-Con about the new open source stuff that's part of the programme at JavaOne this year. In the teaser for it, they got their wires a bit crossed, so here are some details. This is by no means all the cool free/open source stuff that's at JavaOne, I'll provide some more updates later.
- First, there's a new, no-charge pre-conference called CommunityOne, which has Tim O'Reilly as a keynote. It includes OpenSolaris, NetBeans, Glassfish, even RedMonk (running their very first RedMonkOne UnConference). Although it's free of charge, we're expecting a large crowd so you must sign up if you want to get in - NetBeans Day already has over 800 registered delegates, and the rest of the tracks are filling fast. Oh, and as Barton says, the Solaris vs Linux track looks pretty interesting too.
- The .Org Zone on the exhibit floor at JavaOne Tuesday to Thursday is open to bona fides .Org FOSS communities - I wrote about it earlier. I gather it is over 90% full so you'd better hurry
- There's an Open Source Track at JavaOne itself, where I will be moderating a panel with Eben Moglen and Cliff Schmidt of Apache - great place to compare-and-contrast licensing philosophies.
- There's a new unConference called JavaOne Camp taking place on site - JavaOne attendees must register (for free) to attend.
- There's a place to park your boss while you attend JavaOne - the new Business Day on Tuesday. I'll be speaking at that about open source models.
- Finally, my group (Sun Open Source Group) is running an unBOF at the Thirsty Bear on Wednesday evening, including the traditional Blogger's Beer Bash.
Lots of new stuff, big focus on open source - see you there!
Posted by webmink
( Apr 24 2007, 12:58:21 PM PDT )
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Links for 2007-04-24
- Sun Microsystems UK - Sun's 25th Anniversary Sale
Two weeks of even lower prices to celebrate Sun's 25th year. If you still think Sun is expensive, look at the "before" prices... - Sun Microsystems US - 25 Year Sale
Really low prices on the Ultra 20 (I have one). And see, StarOffice is half price to US customers. - Ian Murdock as Sun Chief OS Platform Strategist : The Cuddletech Verdict
I'm pleased Ben has come round to this view - I think the OpenSolaris future is much more assured with Ian on board (and indeed with Sara now working along side him). - xkcd - Billboards
The Algorithm Has Been Hijacked - How Sun promotes OSS in China
Interesting snippet here. I am on the advisory board of the China Open Source Promotion Union, so can vouch for the fact Sun is helping China move to FOSS. - Roller graduation and 3.1 announcement
Hearty congratulations to the Roller developers - Apache is all the better for having you. Now, how about you get into Debian?
Posted by webmink
( Apr 24 2007, 04:36:16 AM PDT )
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