Tuesday October 23rd 2006 @16:45 am

Been to a APEX session with the guys from CERN at the Hilton San Fran.....quite interesting but very small applications ( 1 developer over 6 months )....There was a lot of competition as to who got to present on APEX ( as its not the 2nd most popular download from OTN and the most posted forum )....I reckon CERN won the vote as they invented the web, but they should have picked a bigger customer......Also a lot of people gave the Product Manager a tough time about where it lies in the big picture with Fusion Middleware. He said its another development tool which fits a particular set of requirements i.e. what skills have you got ( PL/SQL ), how complex are the applications etc.....He did hint that the next version will have a lot more integration with the other fusion products ( portal, XML publisher )

Back to the Moscone Centre to meet up with Colin.......Sir Elton awaits us with a 15 min set at the delegates party and a rendition of Candle in the Wind.......better go buy a lighter...yeah right!