DevCon - Day 1
Well, the first "official" day of Borland's DevCon (San Franciso) started with a surprise!
During the morning keynote - conference attendees were introduced to Borland's newly appointed CEO - Tod Nielson who's previous stints have been at Microsoft, BAE, Oracle. Personally I wasn't expected this -- I had anticipated Scott Arnold to give the keynote. My first impression of Tod Nielson is a good one. I think he will connect with develoeprs. I especially enjoyed his amusing "real-life" story of when he learned that Developer's Rule the World.
Of course, the big interest may not be the new CEO, but the forthcoming Borland Developer Studio IDE - for both Delphi 2006 and C++Builder 2006, which also includes C# and a nifty HTML editor. I had a chance to play a small role in the C++Builder 2006 Product Address - sharing my thoughts and showcasing how rapidly I could build web service client application. (Thanks Troy, Jason, and David. I!). I plan to offer a Camtisia video of my "User-Test Drive" soon.
While there's great interest in BDS, I would say the interest in JBuilder has waned from years past. There is, however- some interest being exhibited by attendees in the Eclipse camp. This is also an area of intrigue for me and my company. Much of our new stuff - that needs to be cross platform - will likely be built using Eclipse (Java). We will also continue to use C++Builder for prototype development and mission critical applciations plus maintenance development of legacy apps. Over the course of the last year, we had also been doing some C# development using Visual Studio, but much of that work is transitioning to Elipse and Java. I have to say though, I am really excited about the "scratch pad" C++Builder 2006 is going to provide me and the other developers we have here to test out new ideas and possibliy new products. Am also curious to see how Borland transitions to the Eclipse framework by this time next year.
Regarding the venue - well, it's much different than years past. There's definitly fewer folks here, but, being in a hotel, I find it can be a bit more cramped. I guess we're so used to the wide open space of a convention center. The exhibitor area (and number of exhibitors) is significanlty less than last year.
Later in the day we were treated with some pretty good cuisine during the Exhibitor Reception -- There was a wide selection, which forced me to eat too much! (Gotta try it all - right?) The food, drink, crowded space, made it a good time to mingle and chat with quite a number of people!
The meet the team event, which closed out the day, was much much different than years past. This year, selected team members gathered at various tables for informal chat and dicussion. Personally, I missed the formal team introductions and the open mic Q&A activities of years past. But, I guess I can understand why they took the approach they did this year, as most of the development team was back at the office churning and burning on the BDS build!
During the morning keynote - conference attendees were introduced to Borland's newly appointed CEO - Tod Nielson who's previous stints have been at Microsoft, BAE, Oracle. Personally I wasn't expected this -- I had anticipated Scott Arnold to give the keynote. My first impression of Tod Nielson is a good one. I think he will connect with develoeprs. I especially enjoyed his amusing "real-life" story of when he learned that Developer's Rule the World.
Of course, the big interest may not be the new CEO, but the forthcoming Borland Developer Studio IDE - for both Delphi 2006 and C++Builder 2006, which also includes C# and a nifty HTML editor. I had a chance to play a small role in the C++Builder 2006 Product Address - sharing my thoughts and showcasing how rapidly I could build web service client application. (Thanks Troy, Jason, and David. I!). I plan to offer a Camtisia video of my "User-Test Drive" soon.
While there's great interest in BDS, I would say the interest in JBuilder has waned from years past. There is, however- some interest being exhibited by attendees in the Eclipse camp. This is also an area of intrigue for me and my company. Much of our new stuff - that needs to be cross platform - will likely be built using Eclipse (Java). We will also continue to use C++Builder for prototype development and mission critical applciations plus maintenance development of legacy apps. Over the course of the last year, we had also been doing some C# development using Visual Studio, but much of that work is transitioning to Elipse and Java. I have to say though, I am really excited about the "scratch pad" C++Builder 2006 is going to provide me and the other developers we have here to test out new ideas and possibliy new products. Am also curious to see how Borland transitions to the Eclipse framework by this time next year.
Regarding the venue - well, it's much different than years past. There's definitly fewer folks here, but, being in a hotel, I find it can be a bit more cramped. I guess we're so used to the wide open space of a convention center. The exhibitor area (and number of exhibitors) is significanlty less than last year.
Later in the day we were treated with some pretty good cuisine during the Exhibitor Reception -- There was a wide selection, which forced me to eat too much! (Gotta try it all - right?) The food, drink, crowded space, made it a good time to mingle and chat with quite a number of people!
The meet the team event, which closed out the day, was much much different than years past. This year, selected team members gathered at various tables for informal chat and dicussion. Personally, I missed the formal team introductions and the open mic Q&A activities of years past. But, I guess I can understand why they took the approach they did this year, as most of the development team was back at the office churning and burning on the BDS build!
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