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What's next for OSGi?

BJ Hargrave (IBM Lotus)

OSGi DevCon · Short Talk
Presentation
Thursday, 15:10, 10 minutes | Room 209/210 |

BJ Hargrave

OSGi is a mature and well received technology. It is the component model and module system underpinning Eclipse. But what is next for OSGi? This short talk will take a quick look at some of the proposed changes for the next release of the OSGi technology.

BJ Hargrave is a Senior Technical Staff Member at IBM Lotus with over 20 years of experience as an IBM software architect and developer. His focus is small computer operating systems (kernels, file systems, development tools, application binary interface specifications) and Java technology. He holds multiple patents for JVM performance improvements and is the IBM expert and lead architect for OSGi technologies. BJ holds a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and a Master of Science in Computer Science from the University of Miami. BJ has been a leader in the development of the OSGi technology since its inception and was named an OSGi Fellow in 2002 for his technical contributions and leadership in the OSGi Alliance. He is currently CTO of the OSGi Alliance and chair of the OSGi Core Platform Expert Group. BJ is also a committer on the Eclipse Equinox project.