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Helwan JUG sessions

Yesterday, I did a couple of presentations about Java platform and Open Source for HelwanJUG, Faculty of Computers and Information at Helwan University. download the sessions

Java Platform

Open Source Software

Introduction to Java Programming language Presentation

Microsoft is Golden sponsor for the Java Developer Conference in Egypt

Microsoft? Yes, Microsoft will be a Golden sponsor in the Java Developer Conference which organized by the Egyptian Java User Group.

Why? Because Microsoft has something to show to the Java developers and Open Source fans. Integrating the Java platform with .net platform is a serious topic which Java Developers should be aware with. Also it will be interesting for .net developers. Microsoft joined the Open Source echosystem through the port25 portal and CodePlex. It is a great initiative in Egypt came through the JDC Team and Microsoft :-).

Why other Java related companies & vendors didn't sponsor? Because they don't have local office in Egypt which can do marketing staff, or because they don't care about the Java and Java Technology.

Why Sun Microsystems didn't sponsor? Well, Sun always supporting us, Sun is supporting us in this event with the speakers. The support we got from Sun is more than the usual sponsorship.

What about Oracle, they have a big office in Smart Village, and marketing office in Helioplis? I don't know ..

IBM, I hope we can arrange it well with them next year. For this year, we got a speaker from IBM.

Some telecome companies sponsor all events in Egypt, why they didn't sponsor JDC? We don't have soccer player to speak in this event. we don't have a music to play or hot videos to show.. except the juggy ;). BUT Etisalat will do, because they have different vision and objectives.

There are 10's of local companies, big names .. if you are working in a big company and you can't see it in our sponsors list, please talk to your (HR, Marketing, Technology) department.

Ahmed Hashim has been nominated to be a Java Champions

I would like to announce that I have been nominated by Sun Microsystems and Sun Java Champions Community to be a Sun Java Champion.

https://java-champions.dev.java.net/#newchampions

It is my honor to be the first Java Champion in Egypt and the MENA!

This nomination will recharge my power to continue working for the community.

I am sure that Egypt is full of champions, I am calling them to show up.

Thanks for Aaron Houston, Roman Strobl,Bruno Bossola and Michael Huettermann.

My plan for this year as a Java Champion:-
1- More technical Presentation about Java technologies
2- Spread Java knowledge in universities which don't have any experience with Java (Menofia, Zagazig, Mansoura, Ainshams) as a start.
3- More support for the JUG
4- More open source contribution

How popular is Java compared to .Net in Egypt?

1. .net is popular in universities, very easy to learn and TA's can easily work through it. In some egypian universities, you will not find any student know Java. I did a presentation in one of those universities , check this event and see the comments of the students. Another guy telling that his university student also don't know yet about Java.
2. The number of graduation projects being developed by .net is more than those developed by Java, because .net is easy to startup and can make a showy project in less time than other. As a result, guys who developed a graduation project with .net will target .net developer vacancies after graduation.
3. Microsoft supports the universities and provide them with a training material and free license for the software. Sometimes they offer a free training program for all students.
4. Every year, Microsoft make a celebration for honoring the students who have used .net in their graduation projects.
5. The training programs we have by the government focus on .net technologies.
6. Microsoft has an active office in Cairo with 100's of partners. They are doing good marketing for their products.
7. In the companies I know, the .net team usually bigger than the Java team.
8. Microsoft pays attention to the Egyptian market & Middle East, unlike Sun, IBM, Oracle and other Java vendors.
9. Companies can easily find .net developers with differnt skills & experience, while Java developers are not easy to find and hire, speacially the senir guys.

JDC 2008 Call for sponsors

JDC 2008 will take place at 15 March 2008 @ Intercontinental CityStars.

We are looking for sponsors for our event. If your company can sponsor our event, contact me off list and will give you all information about the sponsorship.

In JDC2008, we have a lot of interesting topics to introduce like

* Rich Internet application development using Java Server Faces and AJAX
* Service Oriented Architecture
* Business Process Management & Business Rules
* Open Enterprise Java Bean 3.0, a light weight implementation
* Spring2.5, The de-facto Java EE application platform.
* Aspect Oriented Programming
* Developing Rich clients using JavaFX

Our speakers:-

* Ed Burns (Sun Microsystems, co-specs lead for JSF)
* Chuck Mun-Lee (Sun Microsystems Evangelist)
* Alef Arndsen (SpringSource's Principal Consultants)
* Hossam Kareem (ITWorx Technical Architect)
*
Mohamed Nour El-Din (Apache OpenEJB committer)
* Ahmed Hashim (EGJUG Leader)

Java Developer Conference in Egypt

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