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W-JAX 2009: Opening by Sebastian Meyen

w-jaxDisclaimer: This entry has been written while listening to the talk. Please forgive me any typographical or grammatical errors resulting from this approach.

Sebastian will open the conference with an overview of hot topics and things to come. Let’s get ready to rumble…


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It’s W-JAX time… and time for a summary…

w-jaxW-JAX 2009 starts for me today… since the past couple of weeks have been extremely busy (how could it be otherwise ;-) this is a good time to catch up with the state of affairs and update the blog once more. Here we go…


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The next week in review…

energyWow, the next week really is going to be quite a fun week. A training, o and two days of holiday for the largest gaming show in the world. And some JADE programming mixed in. I’m gonna love it.
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What an amazing time…

bulbSince this will be the last blog entry for a couple of weeks I just wanted to write down some impressions about this really amazing time in my life.


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VMWare going to acquire SpringSource for $420 million

cloudDespite being the head of our SpringSource Premier Systems Integrator team at QuinScape this one took me by surprise. It was a well-guarded secret as far as we are concerned and no information leaked previously. And I failed to see the signs although they were there:


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Digital Gaming Tables

diceI just got sidetracked for a short moment by this awesome presentation of a digital gaming table. After my Ph.D. thesis and my honeymoon that’s something to look more closely into… I’m absolutely awed…


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(German) Java Code Camp: Spring

java-code-campCome to Cologne – it’s going to be fun! :-) . Eberhard and I will be talking about various Spring related topics and and give the full course from the very basics (what is Spring and why is it good?) to the most advanced topics (how do the distributed administration of a large SpringSource tc server cluster work with some simple magic?). I’m looking forward to the code camp since it will be a great opportunity to do some great coding together. And the evening events also are goinf to be alot of fun!

Movie Review: Transformers 2

wreckLast year during our USA trip we also visited the wonderful town of Lone Pine and the even more wonderful Alabama Hills (if you haven’t been there and like movies – go there! It’s a magical place). While we stayed there there was on site filming for the movie “Transformers 2″. Thus we have to go to the cinema and watch it. Today we did…

…and I must say I am impressed. Really impressed. This has been the biggest pile of shit I have seen in a long time. Wanna know more? Read on…


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What a day…

Flame On!Great day today. For one simple reason: After a huge amount of work I’m through with version 1 of my Ph.D. thesis. I just finished writing the last bit of real content this afternoon while listening to Jon Schaffer‘s incredible “High Water Mark” from Iced Earth’s “Glorious Burden”. Great album, powerful track and it just fit the moment.


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Short (german) article about SpringSource Tool Suite published

SpringHere we go. Just a short memo bout the new open source status of SpringSource Tool Suite (STS).