October 30th, 2007 Thanks to Mike Perez and Chris Ritchie for the graphic

Austin Java Users Group Welcome Austin Java Users Group More than Six Years Strong! 705 members Dennis Sosnoski released a binary XML binding called JIBX Windows, Mac OS X, Other unixes How many are using JDK 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4? Who is doing: Swing SWT EJB Servlet JSP JDBC Web Services CORBA

Announcements Jobs (Who has them, who wants one?) groups.yahoo.com/group/austinjug_jobs (1921 active members on the mailing list) Announcements from Members

What’s new in the Java world? NetCat 6.0 Team Participation NetBeans 6.0 Beta 2 Released Java Plug-in Rewritten – Improved startup, better Javascript integration, more customization of VM parameters, security issues, early release in December JavaFX interest increasing Will Javascript solutions collapse under their own weight Will users demand richer UI experiences Will applets make a come-back?

Membership Growth 180/year members 284/year jobs

Meet and Greet 30 Seconds Find out name, company, favorite Java-based technology used and current project

Contact the Board with Suggestions Deb Ayers Ernest Hill Rob Ratcliff (emcee tonight) Norman Richards Michael Yuan austinjug_board@yahoogroups.com

Networking and Fun

Next Month’s Meeting December – Sun’s Holiday Party

A Practical Introduction to JMX by Alex Kluge

ESB – Deep Dive by Burr Sutter

Networking and Fun