Free Workshop: The Future of Java

November 21, 2008

Experienced Java Architect Thorbiörn Fritzon from Sun Microsystems will give a workshop for students and try to answer the following questions :javapresentation-medium

– Where will Java be in ten years?

– Will it survive or will it be replaced by .NET or Ruby on Rails and similar super productive frameworks?

– Will Java be the next COBOL, an embarrassing legacy language with huge maintenance costs and no future?

– Will all money and time we’ve invested in learning Java only go to waste?

About the speaker:

thorbiornThorbiörn Fritzon started programming Java back in 1995 and hasn’t stopped yet. Since 1999 he’s a Java Architect at Sun Microsystems in Sweden and spokesperson in Java and software development issues. Thorbiörn writes books and is a frequent speaker at conferences and other events. His hobby is programming languages of which he has a huge collection.

Date : 9th of December

Location : Kista Campus (Forum Building) SAL-D

Time : 5pm – 7pm

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