Re: [eclipsecon-na-program-committee] September 24 Meeting

[John Arthorne <John_Arthorne@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> "Ian Skerrett" <ian.skerrett@xxxxxxxxxxx>

> Sent by: eclipsecon-na-program-committee-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
> I think having two 30 minutes keynotes would be an interesting idea,
> maybe focusing on mobility. Not sure if the Facebook speaker would
> be good since Facebook just announced they were moving away from the
> mobile web towards native apps.

The Facebook announcement is partly what makes the
topic so interesting. It is not a simple question of web vs native. They
already had a native iOS app, the latest version just has more native components.
They still make heavy use of mobile web. Many of the media reports were
inaccurate and took the statement out of context, so it is worth checking
out:

http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-coremob/2012Sep/0015.html

Anyway, it is just an idea. I also talked to Andrew
Overholt quickly and he can send us names of people who can talk about
Mozilla OS. If we don't need that for a keynote I'll definitely encourage
them to submit a regular talk. Although not directly about Eclipse it falls
into the "cool stuff" category IMO.

John