Neil Young Takes Center Stage at JavaOne Keynote in San Francisco – Just Announced!

Keep on Rockin’ in the Free World!
JavaOne Conference 2008

At this year’s JavaOne, music legend and pioneer Neil Young will join Sun Microsystems’ executives during the Opening Keynote session on May 6 at Moscone Center in San Francisco.

Neil Young and Sun will make an announcement during the event, and provide a special demonstration of a new multi-media music project. Come hear and see what Java technology means to Neil Young.

About 15,000 people are expected to attend this year’s JavaOne conference from May 6-9, and thousands will join Sun Microsystems for the second annual CommunityOne event (a free event) the day prior — on May 5. JavaOne and CommunityOne are among the biggest conferences in the world for free and open-source software, attracting developers from across the globe. The Java platform has attracted more than 6 million software developers worldwide, and powers more than 5.5 billion devices including mobile phones, smart cards, Blu-ray players, set-top boxes, PCs, car navigation systems and more.

Media must register in advance to attend JavaOne and the opening keynote. To register, please visit: http://www.cplan.com/javaone2008/press_analyst_registration/

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More details and logistics on the opening keynote are below. — Location: Moscone Center, San Francisco

– Day/Time: Tuesday, May 6; 8:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

– Who: Rich Green (EVP, Software, Sun Microsystems) will be joined by several special guests, including Neil Young and Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz
– Following the keynote, Jonathan Schwartz and Rich Green will participate in a post-keynote media and analyst Q&A (Moscone Center, Room 123; starts around 10:30 a.m.)

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Webcast: The keynote session with Neil Young will be available live at: www.sun.com/javaone
– The general public can register to attend JavaOne at this same site.

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Photos: Photos will be available to download following the keynote in the JavaOne press kit: http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/media/presskits/javaone2008

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To view blogs at JavaOne BlogCentral, please go to: http://sun.com/presskits/javaone2008/blogs.jsp

Contacts

Sun Microsystems
Shawn Dainas, 650-257-4487
shawn.dainas {at} sun(.)com