Americas Cup – ready to race – Let’s win this Cup!

July 30, 2010 Leave a comment

In one of my first blog entries “What to do after Oracle Open World 2008?” I posted a picture from Larry’s new boat BOR 90. Now it is time to race!

Boat Type: Trimaran of carbon composite construction
Where Built: Core Builders, Anacortes, WA, USA
Overall Length: 100-feet / 30 meters
Wing Sail Height: 223 ft / 68 m (compared to 102 ft / 31 m length of a Boeing 747 wing and 143 ft / 43.5 m length of an Airbus 380 wing)

For details about Larry’s renamed boat “USA” please visit the BMW Oracle Website
You can watch the race live at the Americas Cup Website

Race schedule:
Monday February 8th 2010 10:00 am
Wednesday February 10th 2010 10:00 am
Friday February 12th 2010 10:00 am

The “USA” is ready to fly! Larry still locking forward to get a ride!

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Unknown's avatarAbout Jürgen Kress
As a middleware expert Jürgen works at Oracle EMEA Alliances and Channels, responsible for Oracle’s EMEA Fusion Middleware partner business. He is the founder of the Oracle SOA & BPM and the WebLogic Partner Communities and the global Oracle Partner Advisory Councils. With more than 5000 members from all over the world the Middleware Partner Community is the most successful and active community at Oracle. Jürgen manages the community with monthly newsletters, webcasts and conferences. He hosts his annual Fusion Middleware Partner Community Forums and the Fusion Middleware Summer Camps, where more than 200 partners get product updates, roadmap insights and hands-on trainings. Supplemented by many web 2.0 tools like twitter, discussion forums, online communities, blogs and wikis. For the SOA & Cloud Symposium by Thomas Erl, Jürgen is a member of the steering board. He is also a frequent speaker at conferences like the SOA & BPM Integration Days, JAX, UKOUG, OUGN, or OOP.

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