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Blog Archive for malcolmdavis during July 2005

JavaOne postmortem
The pdf's for JavaOne are now available for download at http://java.sun.com/javaone/sf/ "My boss won't let me attend JavaOne", is the sentiment I hear each year at my local Java users group. With the material from the technical presentations available, attending the conference is less of a necessity. By joining SDN, you access to both the technical session material and video of the technical...
How did Java end up on top?
Last night I read/listened to a column at http://java.sys-con.com/read/108718.htm. In the column, Dvorak says, “I’m not going to say it’s transforming but I’m going to say it’s popular.” Did this guy really say this? The tone of the message was that Java was a novelty. That somehow everybody started writing Java software, and the momentum carried Java up the ladder of success....