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.

This is a nice willow we saw while wandering around Newport, Rhode Island, in the spring.

We saw this while we were in the centre of Newport, Rhode Island, which is a great place for a relaxing break. There are many bars, restaurants and places to visit. The Red Parrot is one of our favourite places to eat when in Newport.

This mansion was built between 1888 and 1892 in Newport, Rode Island, USA, for the well known Vanderbilt family. It is called the Marble House after the 500,000 cubic feet of marble that was used to build it. It is now owned by the Preservation Society of Newport County

We saw this house while we were in Newport, Road Island. Amazingly this is one of the mansions that are referred to as “summer cottages” because they were built by the owners as summer retreats. Some of the mansions are open to the public.

We took this picture while looking south along Taylor Street after we went to the Fisherman’s Wharf, San Francisco, USA.

We took this picture looking down from the Golden Gate Bridge near San Francisco, California, USA. We have not yet been able to find out what the rocks are called. I wonder if they are ever visited by rock climbers.

This is the Bloomingdale’s department store in down town San Francisco, California, USA. We had fun shopping here and in the adjoining shopping centre.

An attractive house built on one of San Francisco‘s many hills in California. The house is on the corner of Hyde and Francisco St.

This is Alcatraz. It used to be a fort then a military prison and then a civilian prison and now a tourist attraction in San Francisco Bay, California, USA. This picture was taken from the Sauselito to San Francisco Ferry, which slows down while passing the island to make it easier to take pictures.