JavaOne begins!
JavaOne is finally beginning! Getting ready for this one has been
an incredible amount of work for everyone involved. The lineup of
sessions is superb. I had a *really* hard time picking the Duke's
choice winners (they all deserved to win). The engineering teams
have been doing grand acts of heroism to get a pile of software
releases ready. The demos have come together beautifully. Some are
a little too close to the bleeding edge, but that's what makes them
fun. The big surprise for everyone is attendance: given what we had
been hearing about attendance at other conferences, we braced for
the worst.... But we've done rather nicely. I'm *so* looking
forward to the Toy Show on Friday. There's some jaw-dropping stuff
to see.
