In years past, preparation for JavaOne would be reaching a fever pitch right about now, with the trade show traditionally taking place in June. But post-merger, it's still four months off, and will be part of Oracle's developer showcase, Oracle Develop. We will of course have to wait until the fall to see how well that works (or doesn't), but Java developers are starting get excited as the yeses arrive from Oracle indicating that their talks have been approved. JavaLobby is keeping an official tally of who's in.

One point noted by JavaLobby (along with Alex Miller and Hamlet D'Arcy) is that there are a number of talks about other JVM languages being accepted; all the more interesting because there doesn't seem to be a specific category for these languages (unless they constitute the "Java frontier"). I do wonder if we've had enough time now to call this a definite sign of Oracle's thinking or if it's merely reflecting developer enthusiasm; but I think it's clear that JVM polyglottism is here to stay, and that Groovy/Scala/Clojure/whatever programmers present will have an interesting effect.