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Ninth annual Inprise Conference reveals juicy bits of Java news
Sessions stress Delphi, databases, and CORBA, but JDK 1.2, HotSpot, Swing, beans, and JBuilder grab attention too
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Baratz also embraced an earlier Inprise announcement about the formation of a strategic relationship with Sun (see Resources). As part of the relationship, the two companies will work together to migrate Sun's existing NEO ORB users to Inprise's leading VisiBroker CORBA ORB. In addition, there was a promise to port Inprise development tools to Solaris, with no firm commitments immediately available. JBuilder seems the obvious tool candidate, as Inprise previously expressed a goal of moving the tool to 100% Pure Java -- beyond its current 75 percent Java/25 percent Delphi solution.
Non-technical stuff
In addition to the technical offerings at the show, Inprise entertained attendees with a variety of activities. The annual Tuesday night event was at Elitch Gardens this year, a local amusement and water park. Additionally, vendors tried to attract attendees with various giveaways and costumes. Most vendor products were not of interest to the Java developer -- they were more geared to the dedicated Windows developer using Delphi and C++ Builder.
Robert Russell of Microcomputer Applications Inc. in the guise of a pirate
Conclusion
The ICon '98 show offered attendees the chance to enhance their knowledge of various Java technologies -- from RMI, to security, to beans, to CORBA and beyond. Also, this year's attendees were the first to hear the latest Java 1.2 release date. If you're looking for a Java-related trade show that isn't quite as crowded as JavaOne, yet still offers insight into standard Java development, Inprise's ICon conference is an excellent option. Next year's show -- in Philadelphia July 17 through July 21, 1999 -- promises to be just as good, if not better. Hope to see you there!
About the author
John Zukowski is a software mage with MageLang Institute, author of Java AWT Reference from O'Reilly & Associates and Borland's JBuilder: No experience required from Sybex, as well as the Focus on Java guide at the Mining Company.- Feedback
Resources
- See Inprise's Web site at http://www.inprise.com
- For more on the Sun/Inprise agreement, see "Inprise teams with Sun on Solaris tools, Java support" in InfoWorld http://www.infoworld.com/cgi-bin/displayStory.pl?980810.ecimprise.htm
- Inprise's Web site features a press release on the agreement with Sun http://www.inprise.com/about/press/1998/sunalliance.html
- HotSpot technology is discussed in the following JavaWorld article"HotSpotA new breed of virtual machine" http://www.javaworld.com/jw-03-1998/jw-03-hotspot.html
- HotSpot was also covered in JavaOne Today, the online show daily produced by JavaWorld. See "With HotSpot, the JVM is faster than a speeding bullet!" http://www.javaworld.com/javaone98/j1-98-hotspot.html
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