I came across a nice feature by two former JavaWorld.com editors. Nine Java community leaders (two sr. engineers, two architects, two principals, a consultant, a CEO, and an author/developer) discuss Java future as they see it. Another Java future discussion but from a slightly different perspective was published recently in a form of St.-Petersburg (Russia) Sun Tech Days materials. The absence of James Gosling was partly compensated by Simon Ritter who tried to thoroughly discuss the JDK_7 future and its new edible features. I hope that JDK_7 will get released before the next Sun Tech Days and we will enjoy a JDK_8 presentation next year! Java