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title: "Why SOG is the man: check out this metaphor:"
date: 2007-05-11T17:05:40Z
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> “JavaOne – in my view – is evolving into a meta conference. Or, more accurately, a platform conference: one that plays host to many smaller conferences **just as the JVM can play host to different languages**.”

from his blog about [evolving JavaOne](http://redmonk.com/sogrady/2007/05/10/evolving-javaone/). How could I not be very proud to work with someone that eloquent, with such technical chops. Its all about patterns and language. The JVM as CommunityOne… right on.