The OpenSolaris project is an open source project sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc, that is initially based on a subset of the source code for the Solaris Operating System. It is a nexus for a community development effort where developers from Sun and elsewhere can collaborate on developing and improving operating system technology. Learn more at www.opensolaris.org.

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Sessions will include*:

Introduction to the OpenSolaris Operating System
Speaker:
Ben Rockwood, Joyent

Lots of operating systems are available to you, but how do you decide which to use? What are the pro's and con's? As a developer do I really care? In this talk we'll discuss OpenSolaris and why it isn't a platform to simply run your applications on but a natural extension of your development environment. OpenSolaris is free, commercially backed, sports a large user base and community, is open source, highly observable, mature, stable, and is driving the cutting edge in operating systems design. Technologies like ZFS and Dtrace aren't just for SysAdmins, rather savvy developers can easily leverage the best aspects of the operating system to improve the experience you application delivers and speed deployments. Security like Role Based Authentication and Solaris Auditing, or resource control like Zones, Memory and CPU capping, and much much more all enhance your deployment. Put a large developer community behind it that is passionate about Java and Sun projects such as Glassfish, Mustang, and EE 5, and you have a winning combination. Attend this talk to get started.

Dynamic Tracing (DTrace) Jam Session
Speakers:
Adam Leventhal, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Bryan Cantrill, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
Mike Shapiro, Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Dynamic Tracing (DTrace) is the dynamic tracing framework first released in Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) 10. Originally just for the kernel and C/C++ applications, DTrace now enables developers to trace applications written in a variety of languages: first the Java programming language at JavaOne 2005 and then Perl, APL, Python, the JavaScript programming language, and others. In this session, the developers of DTrace walk through the core features, use cases, internals, war stories, new directions, and whatever else comes up. DTrace is the ultimate tracing tool for developersóthis presentation shows you why.

OpenGrok for Source Code Searches
Speaker:
Sriram Narayanan, Thoughtworks

OpenGrok powers the source code search at OpenSolaris.org. OpenGrok serves indexed source code content for the many thousands for files in the OpenSolaris code base. Join Sriram as he showcases how you could use OpenGrok to generate source indexes for your projects, and provide your users with an easy to use interface into your code base. He shares his experiences with using and customizing OpenGrok for use on his projects at work.

Virtualization: VMware and the OpenSolaris Operating System
Speaker:
Andrew Biggadike, VMware

"Virtualization" is a familiar term to developers on the Java platform, but a very different kind of virtualization is changing the role of operating systems in today's data centers and desktops. VMware is the industry leader in hardware virtualization solutions, and its various product offerings enable users to run multiple disparate operating systems on a single physical machine. Virtual machines enable users to reduce costs and increase flexibility and are simplifying how many of today's problems are solved.

This session provides a technical introduction to virtualization and the features Solaris Operating System (Solaris OS) users and developers on the Java platform will find most useful. It discusses development done at VMware to provide support for Solaris OS guests, including development of several components included with VMware Tools for Solaris. It also demonstrates the OpenSolaris operating system running within a VMware virtual machine.

Attendees are not assumed to have prior virtualization experience. The goal of the session is to provide an overview of what virtualization is and how it can improve the use of your Solaris OS systems

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