Music Legend Neil Young to Join Opening Keynote at JavaOne

Keep on Rockin' in the Free World!

At this year's JavaOne, music legend and pioneer Neil Young will join Sun Microsystems' executives during the Opening Keynote session on May 6 at Moscone Center in San Francisco.

Come hear and see what Java means to Neil Young. Neil's appearance will include a special demo of a new music project.

About 15,000 people are expected to attend this year's JavaOne conference from May 6-9, and thousands will join Sun Microsystems for the second annual CommunityOne event the day prior -- on May 5. The Java platform has attracted over 6 million software developers worldwide, and powers more than 5.5 billion devices including mobile phones, smart cards, Blu-ray players, set-top boxes, PCs, car navigations systems and more.

JavaOne Opening Day Keynote Session

Location: Moscone Center, San Francisco

Date/Time: Tuesday, May 6; 8:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m.

Who: Rich Green (EVP, Software, Sun Microsystems) will be joined by several special guests, including Neil Young and Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz

Webcast: The Keynote session with Neil Young will be available live at: www.sun.com/javaone

Photos: Photos will be available to download following the keynote in the JavaOne press kit: http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/media/presskits/javaone2008

To view blogs at JavaOne BlogCentral, please go to: http://sun.com/presskits/javaone2008/blogs.jsp

For Media: To attend JavaOne and the opening Keynote, please register in advance at: http://www.cplan.com/javaone2008/press_analyst_registration/