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[[Image:The Future of Java.jpg|thumb|Attendees at the 2004 JavaOne conference described their vision of the future of Java on a whiteboard.]]

'''JavaOne''' is an annual conference inaugurated in 1996organized by [[SunOracle MicrosystemsCorporation]] to discuss [[Java (programming language)|Java]] technologies, primarily among Java developers. JavaOne is held in [[San Francisco, California]] typically running from a Monday to Thursday in September or October. Technical sessions on a variety of topics are held during the day. In the evening, Birds of a Feather (BOF) sessions are held., BOF sessionswhich allow people to focus on a particular aspect of Java technology.

Access to the technical sessions, keynote presentations, exhibits and BOF sessions requires a conference pass, which usually costs between US$17952,050.<ref>[https://www.oracle.com/javaone/register/index.html to $1995JavaOne: USDRegister]</ref>.

AfterThe theconference 2010was acquisitionfirst oforganized Sunin 1996 by [[OracleSun CorporationMicrosystems]], which was purchased in 2010 by Oracle Corporation. After the acquisition, the conference has been held concurrently with [[Oracle OpenWorld]]. The Ratherconference thanwas beingmoved located infrom Moscone Center, the conference is now hosted atto hotels on nearby Mason Street. In some years, one block of Mason was closed and covered with a tent, which formed part of the conference venue.

In 1999, the conference played host to an event called the [[Hackathon]], a challenge set by [[John Gage]]. Attendees were to write a program in Java for the new [[Palm V]] using the infrared port to communicate with other Palm users and register the device on the Internet.

In 1999, the conference played host to an event called the [[Hackathon]], a challenge set by [[John Gage]]. Attendees were to write a program in Java for the new [[Palm V]] using the infrared port to communicate with other Palm users and register the device on the Internet.

During the 2008 conference, 67 [[Moscone Center]] staff members and three attendees were sickened by an outbreak of [[norovirus]].<ref>{{cite news

| author = Jordan Robertson

| title = 70 people sickened during San Francisco conference

| url = http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D90IDMBG5&show_article=1

| work = AP

| publisher = breitbart.com

| date = May 9, 2008

| accessdate = 2008-05-11

}}</ref>

During the 2008 conference, 70 [[Moscone Center]] staff members and three attendees were sickened by an outbreak of [[norovirus]].<ref>{{cite news | author=Gavin Clarke | title =Sick of JavaOne? - You will be: Suspected Norovirus stalks halls | url=http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/05/10/javaone_norovirus/ | publisher=[[The Register]] | date=May 10, 2008}}</ref>

After the 2010 acquisition of Sun by [[Oracle Corporation]], the conference has been held concurrently with [[Oracle OpenWorld]]. Rather than being located in Moscone Center, the conference is now hosted at hotels on nearby Mason Street. In some years, one block of Mason was closed and covered with a tent, which formed part of the conference venue.

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