[osol-mktg] Re: [osol-discuss] Re: OpenSolaris sessions at JavaOne

[Jim Grisanzio]

Simon Phipps wrote On 03/08/07 10:14,:
> 
> On Mar 8, 2007, at 01:05, Bob Palowoda wrote:
> 
>>> Sorry for the broad distribution, but I wanted to
>>> give the most people
>>> the opportunity to comment and participate. Teresa
>>> and I applied for,
>>> and were granted, an OpenSolaris track during
>>> JavaOne. 


Wow. That's great. Thank you!


>>>The track will
>>> take place on Monday May 7th (the day before JavaOne
>>> officially begins)
>>> at the Argent Hotel in San Francisco.


I assume this will run along side of the NetBeans event, right? Are we 
all in the same hotel?


>>> We have 4 sessions that we need to fill. 



Will there be more sessions? Such as a keynote? Is it half a day or a 
whole day?



>>> I would like
>>> to open the floor
>>> for anyone interested in submitting a session. 
>>>Please
>>> use the marketing
>>> alias (opensolaris dash mktg at opensolaris dot org).
>>> Once submissions
>>> are in, we can discuss over there which ones we
>>> should do.
>>>
>>> Keep in mind that the JavaOne audience may not be
>>> familiar with
>>> OpenSolaris, so introductory or novice sessions are
>>> welcome.
>>>
>>
>>    Why would a Solaris developers go to an expensive Java developers
>> conference to see novice sessions about Solaris?
> 
> 
> Actually I gather this will be a free event preceding JavaOne, and  it's 
> likely to be a good venue for people curious about OpenSolaris  to 
> encounter it for the first time. And Java developers I know tell  me 
> DTrace is an awesome debugging tool...


I spent a lot of time at the JavaOne OpenSolaris pod last year, and the 
interest in OpenSolaris ran very, very high. And Alan's SVOSUG meeting 
in SF had a lot of Java people there, too.

So, if Sara and Teresa have scored us an entire track for ourselves 
directly linked to one of the biggest developer venues in the world, I'd 
say that's a pretty big deal. Also, OpenSolaris Day's within Sun's Tech 
Days tour -- which have traditionally been focused on Java -- have drawn 
very well around the world. So, as Simon suggests, I bet there are many 
ways we can engage with Java guys. I'll be there for sure.

One of the best features of the Germany OpenSolaris Conference was that 
the call for papers was open and took place on these lists. Anyone could 
submit a proposal. That's what's happening here, too. This is really 
good news.

Jim