{"id":734,"date":"2008-03-06T06:18:19","date_gmt":"2008-03-06T11:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2008\/03\/06\/lots-of-database-talk-at-sun-tech-days"},"modified":"2008-03-06T06:18:23","modified_gmt":"2008-03-06T11:18:23","slug":"lots-of-database-talk-at-sun-tech-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.bytebot.net\/blog\/archives\/2008\/03\/06\/lots-of-database-talk-at-sun-tech-days","title":{"rendered":"Lots of database talk at Sun Tech Days"},"content":{"rendered":"

I didn’t get to attend many sessions at the Tech Days, as I was mainly meeting with people, or at the PostgreSQL on Solaris booth (figures someone from MySQL should’ve been there too). I had plenty of interesting conversations with Tom Daly<\/a>; we met by chance since I had a blue MySQL shirt and he figured he’d be cheeky and offer me a PostgreSQL one.<\/p>\n

I was going to take a photo with him today, but he called me from the airport last night to say he had to go back. Oh well. <\/p>\n

\"Laurie<\/a>
Laurie Wong, and me<\/i><\/div>\n

Instead, you get a photo of Laurie and me (MySQL cap, PostgreSQL on Solaris t-shirt). I’ll blog later about the sessions that I did attend – I wish I could’ve done so earlier but staying at the Sheraton in Darling Harbour, meant that there was no in-room Internet<\/b> access. Wireless was available in the lobby or business center, but on the first floor where I was staying, your only options were dialup. In 2008.<\/p>\n

The Tech Days is an interesting event. At MySQL, we’d have called this a “structured MySQL Camp”. Or maybe the Japan User Conference. Either way, it was interesting, and I learned a lot about OpenSolaris, Containers, DTrace, NetBeans and Java. So much so, I’m looking into toying with Java again (something I promised myself, I wouldn’t do, in the new millennium).<\/p>\n

From a database perspective? Talks on PostgreSQL and MySQL, another on JavaDB, an Oracle booth (giving away a Wii to lucky winners) in the expo hall. Truly, impressive.<\/p>\n

Oh, and the Atlassian<\/a> offices are right next to the Sheraton. Now, that would be a seriously cool place to get an office. I got to peek into the office from the outside, and truly impressed. I actually recognised the Aeron chairs during my walk, and only upon coming back later, realised it was Atlassian.<\/p>\n

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