JavaOne 2008 I meant to follow up on my previous post on CommunityOne with a writeup on JavaOne right away. After all, JavaOne immediately followed CommunityOne in the calendar. In any case, here are my (long overdue) impressions on JavaOne. The opening keynote (on Tuesday, May 6th) featured Rich Green. He reiterated the focus of "Java+You" - where consumers are creating and consuming content through both wired and mobile devices. Java technology enables developers to create a wide range of rich, interactive applications. To this end, he invited Ian Freed, VP of Kindle at Amazon, to demonstrate this wireless reading device . Either the demo gods were not kind to Ian or Rich Green was not patient enough - his live demo of downloading a book on the device did not work! The highlight of the keynote was an appearance by Rock and Roll legend, Neil Young . He described his life-long desire to produce media that would allow him to share an interactive experience with his fans - complete with music, videos, photos and the web. He failed at every attempt because of the shortcomings of the solutions. Finally, the combination of Blu-ray and Java technologies allowed him to create a 10-disc collection that covers his first 10 years! Bob Brewin's keynote captured the latest advancements in Java EE, Java SE and Java FX. Roberto Chinnici led the discussion on Java EE. He rehashed Java EE 5 platform before turning his attention to Java EE 6 - which f ...
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