Our group did not buy a pass this year. I know that one other group did. I asked my manager why she did not buy a pass this time and she said that she had asked around to gauge interest a month or two ago and everyone she polled was lukewarm to the idea. Instead the money we saved has been budgeted to expense technical books for the group.
Last year when I visited JavaOne it had lost its fizzle compared to earlier years. One felt that Sun (the events host) was simply going through the motions. The gloom of a despairing economy and the poor job situation probably had something to do with it. A year later, not much has changed, though the job front seems to be much brighter than before.
Just read that JDK 1.5 will be changed to JDK 5. They are dropping the 1 from the version number. Don't you love version numbers? At work, we have the most problems with it. Everyone has a view on what a product should be numbered and no two views coincide.
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