Oracle's purchase of Sun appears to have been finalised. If you visit sun.com you are redirected to oracle.com. Their developer site answers several questions including the fate of JavaOne 2010, which is the main Java conference that has been held each year in the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Here is a quote from Oracle:
Will there be a JavaOne in 2010?
Yes, there will be a JavaOne Conference in 2010. JavaOne will be co-located with Oracle Develop during Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco from September 19-23, 2010. You may experience and register for JavaOne as a standalone conference just as before, or you can attend Oracle Develop 2010 and/or Oracle OpenWorld as well; it's your choice. Furthermore, unlike in recent years, JavaOne will focus solely on Java Technology and its associated ecosystem. You're welcome to attend Oracle Develop and Oracle OpenWorld to gain insight into specific products. As usual, all Java users and partners are invited to submit papers and to attend JavaOne.
And here's more good news: We're taking JavaOne and Oracle Develop on the road, arriving in Brazil, Russia, India, and China in 2010/2011. For the first time, the rapidly growing developer communities in those countries will have access to the JavaOne experience. Although the currently scheduled Sun Tech Days in India and Russia will continue to occur as planned, JavaOne and Oracle Develop will occur in place of Sun Tech Days thereafter.
I am very glad that JavaOne is still going ahead and it will be very interesting to compare it with previous conferences. I still need to read about the impact on other parts of Sun's business including the open source database MySQL.
