OSGi DevCon 2011 Submissions

I know you always like to submit your talks for OSGi DevCon/EclipseCon 2 minutes before the deadline, but it helps us all if you could submit them earlier! The deadline is November 30, 2010. So you have a few days left.

We already have a few submissions but we're really looking for more. There is so much happening with OSGi at the moment so there should be plenty of material. Are you using OSGi? Are you making tools? Are you considering OSGi? Is there something you do not like about OSGi? You think µservices are the greatest thing since sliced bread? You have the greatest idea ever for OSGi?

Really, if you use OSGi in a day to day situation you likely have something interesting to say to your peers. You got something to say but need a bit of help? Do not hesitate to ask me for some assistance.

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Do not forget to mark your submission as an OSGi DevCon talk. Looking forward to see your submission, kind regards,

Peter Kriens

The History of Modularity

A few years ago Bjorn Freeman-Benson (formerly from Eclipse Foundation) asked me as an old friend (we know each other from the previous century) if OSGi was really novel, like Objects were, or if it was just good engineering. I then answered it was good engineering. Bjorn, I changed my mind lately. I think the OSGi µservices are an innovation on the same level as objects were!

So when I was was asked to give a presentation in Ludwigsburg for the User Forum Germany last week I felt µservices were a suitable subject. In my opinion µservices are the next big thing after objects, a progression in a long line of software improvements. This historic perspective is important to learn the lessons of our predecessors, what worked and what did not work. Personally I am fascinated how you see that in the last 60 years our predecessors modularized the existing model and moved software to the next plane, and we did this several times in a very similar, but different way.

Anyway, the presentation is available on slideshare. It is very much a Zen presentation (not much text) but lots of nice graphics. Enjoy and let me know.

Peter Kriens