Sessions for 2006 Borland Developers Conference

I submitted 12 sessions for the 2006 Borland Developers Tool Conference. I am sure it will have a shorter name before the conference gets here. Here are my sessions:

1. Internet Protocols
2. Advanced Internet Protocols
3. Coding Competition
4. Exceptional Exceptions
5. Implementing Cryptography
6. Understanding Cryptography
7. Oracle at Delphi
8. Generics in Delphi
9. You Can't Do That In Visual Studio
10. Template Development
11. Mashups - Combining Web Service Api's with Delphi
12. Content Syndication

Once they are published on BDN with details I will provide links. I am really excited about a few of these, especially the Coding Competition. I actually was chatting with Nick Hodges, the new Delphi product manager, about it before the call for papers was published.

Also, it appears I won the abstract submission prize! The reference number assigned to one of my abstracts is 1234! I think that gets me automatic selection as a speaker!

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Borland's Developer Tools Group to get New Owner

I guess I am a bit behind on the news. Dateline June 30th, 2006:

Nick Jackson, managing director of Borland DTG in the Asia-Pacific region, told ZDNet Asia that the company, which announced its intention to divest its developer product lines on Feb. 8, has attracted about 16 qualified bidders so far.

And some doubters were saying they would have a hard time finding anyone interested. 16 qualified bidders means they had more then 16 interested. Those are only the qualified ones. Heck, I was interested, but not really qualified. And the good news is

By the third quarter of this year, Jackson said that Borland's DTG will become a totally independent company after the divestment.

Interestingly 3rd quarter this year is "Fall of 2006" which is the scheduled date of the as yet unnamed 2006 Developers Conference. I'm telling you, they are going to unveil it at the conference. This is the conference you want to attend.

Also, as was predicted:

He added that Borland will continue to have some small part in the new company, be it in the form of a minor equity stake or representation on the board of directors through Borland CEO Tod Nielson.

So it is in Borland's best interest to find a buyer that shares the vision of making DevCo / DTG as profitable as possible.

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2006 US Borland Developer Conference -- Call for Papers

Borland’s Developer Tools Group has begun planning for the 2006 US Developer Conference to be in held in the Fall of 2006 in Northern California. The deadline for submitting abstracts is July 17th, 2006.

They are going to let the community vote on the submitted abstracts to determine what sessions will be presented. Be sure to vote on my abstracts. I'll have links up for them once they are available.

Read more at the new improved bdn.borland.com .

I don't have the inside track on any information, but I suspect that if we don't see an annoucement about the spin off of the developer tools group by then, then we will see one at the conference. It was at BorCon 2001 when a gorilla smashed the Inprise facade to reveal the rebirth of the Borland name.

Yes, I am expecting big things, and yes, I plan to be there.

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