The Java SE Platform - Past and Future talk

Mark Reinhold is the Chief Engineer for the Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition, at Sun Microsystems. His past contributions to the platform include character-stream readers and writers, reference objects, shutdown hooks, and the NIO high-performance I/O APIs. He has been deeply involved in the development of the platform since the 1.1 release.

Version 6 of the Java? Platform, Standard Edition, had just been released at the time of this JavaPolis talk, so Mark Reinhold presented an overview of its key features. Looking ahead to Java SE 7 he'll survey some of the features being considered for that release and explain how anyone in the wider community can get involved in its development.

View the video on Parleys.com