The session statistics are out for JavaOne sessions, including for session TS-5940, “Getting Started with the Java Card 3.0 Platform”, that I gace with Anki Nelaturu and Bela Gangal (they did the hard work, I just did the introduction). Our average rating is above average, just below the first quartile, which is good.
The rest of the statistics is more interesting. 67 persons attending, among which 27 filed session evaluations. Of course, out of over 10,000 attendees, it still shows that Java Card only attracts marginal interest. Yet, the room was small enough to appear decently full. Among the attendees who evaluated the session, 48% were beginners, and 52% declared an intermediate level, and we had no advanced people, which is expected for an introductory session. 96% of them (all but one) declared that they increased their knowledge (again, quite normal for this kind of session), and all respondents declared that the technical level was “just right”, which is a great recognition of Anki’s work (including a guy who wrote a note thanking us for avoiding unfamiliar jargon, “like the rest of the sessions”.
The most interesting part is about the status of the technology, where the ansewers are:
- In deployment now: 19%
- Committed to developing or prototyping: 7%
- Investigating: 59%
- Using a competing technology: 0%
- Not applicable to my work: 15%
The competing technology result is interesting. Of course, it is not a surprise to realize that no Multos fan attended the session. On the other hand, it is a bit disappointing to realize that nobody seems to believe that Java EE servers, for instance, can be a competing technology. For Java Card 3, this is quite obvious, though.
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