Devoxx - Thinking beyond Java
for those who did not receive the latest JavaPolis Javoxx Devoxx newsletter
We regret to announce that BeJUG is forced again to rebrand the conference name because of trademark issue's filed by Sun Microsystems.
Sun did offer a free license agreement for the usage of both JavaPolis and JaVoxx, which we appreciated. However we prefer to remain an independent European conference where great content, a democratic entrance fee and a nice family like atmosphere are more important than a 'restricted' Java branded conference name.
Hand in hand with Parleys.com our JUG organized gathering wants to continue to give an independent voice to the Java developers from all over Europe and beyond!
With this in mind we'll rebrand "JaVoxx" to "Devoxx" and together with 3000+ attendees and 120 speakers we're looking forward to welcome all of you again in Antwerp/Belgium during the 2nd week of December 2008!
Sun Microsystems will fully support Devoxx and again be present as a Premium partner. In addition Sun has committed to deliver a super cool JavaFX keynote...
Actually I love the new name - Developer Voices - and the real intention behind it all. Time has come that people are looking beyond Java and start exploring other things like Erlang, Ruby, Scala... and Devoxx will provide us a platform for delivering top notch presentations.
Perhaps we should do a GWT + Rest + RoR section, it would be pretty sweet!!! Charlie if you are reading this, get that Android book shipped so we can start cooking up strange GWT recipes :-D
Question remains if I should rename all my previous 'Javoxx' posts :-(
We regret to announce that BeJUG is forced again to rebrand the conference name because of trademark issue's filed by Sun Microsystems.
Sun did offer a free license agreement for the usage of both JavaPolis and JaVoxx, which we appreciated. However we prefer to remain an independent European conference where great content, a democratic entrance fee and a nice family like atmosphere are more important than a 'restricted' Java branded conference name.
Hand in hand with Parleys.com our JUG organized gathering wants to continue to give an independent voice to the Java developers from all over Europe and beyond!
With this in mind we'll rebrand "JaVoxx" to "Devoxx" and together with 3000+ attendees and 120 speakers we're looking forward to welcome all of you again in Antwerp/Belgium during the 2nd week of December 2008!
Sun Microsystems will fully support Devoxx and again be present as a Premium partner. In addition Sun has committed to deliver a super cool JavaFX keynote...
Actually I love the new name - Developer Voices - and the real intention behind it all. Time has come that people are looking beyond Java and start exploring other things like Erlang, Ruby, Scala... and Devoxx will provide us a platform for delivering top notch presentations.
Perhaps we should do a GWT + Rest + RoR section, it would be pretty sweet!!! Charlie if you are reading this, get that Android book shipped so we can start cooking up strange GWT recipes :-D
Question remains if I should rename all my previous 'Javoxx' posts :-(
posted by Maarten Volders at
12:31 PM
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