OSGi World Congress 2004

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OSGi Alliance in 2005
John R. Barr, Ph.D.
President, OSGi Alliance
Director, Standards Realization, Motorola

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Agenda
• History of OSGi Alliance
• What to expect in 2005
• Drawing for door prizes –
– EVALUATION FORMS

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History of OSGi Alliance
• Few companies start work on Java Embedded Server in
1998
• Open Services Gateway Initiative launched in March
1999 – 15 companies
• First Member Meeting: London – May 1999
• Specification Releases:
– R1 – May 2000 (JES Framework)
– R2 – October 2001 (Gateway Management)
– R3 – April 2003 (Automotive)
• OSGi World Congress:
– Stockholm – 24-27 September 2002
– Düsseldorf – 21-24 October 2003
– Barcelona – 11-15 October 2004

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What to expect in 2005
• Specfication Release:
– R4 – May 2005 (Mobile Devices)
• OSGi World Congress:
– Europe September 2005
• Member Meeting:
– US/Asia – May 2005
• Wide Spread Adoption:
– Additional automotive OEMs
– Mobile Device Manufacturers:
• Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Siemens, Sony-Ericsson, +++
– Mobile Operators:
• Orange, T-Mobile, Vodafone, NTT DoCoMo, +++
– Consumer Electronics Devices

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Thanks for Attending
• 172 attendees from 80 companies in 16
countries
• 60 excellent speakers
• Peter Kriens’ Tutorials
• Global Inventures Staff
• Excellent conference facilities

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Motorola Door Prizes
• Home Monitoring & Control Starter Kit
– Base Station/Gateway
– 2 Wireless Cameras
– 1 Wired Camera
– Wireless Temperature Sensor
– Wireless Door/Window Sensor
– Wireless Water Sensor
• 3 (-1) 801.11g Broadband Routers
• 3 802.11g USB 2.0 Adapters