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Java Champions Program
The Java Champions program was launched in
June 2005 at the JavaOne Conference in San
Francisco.
Sun recognized that there are leaders in the
Java Developer Community. The Java
Champions program is an effort to strengthen
and encourage this community of leaders. As a
part of the Sun Community Champions
program, the title is created to recognize the
aspirants in the various aspects of the Java
technology ecosystem—including authors,
trainers, professors, researchers, developers,
and JUG leaders.
The Java community itself nominates most
candidates, and selects new Java Champions
through a peer review process. Out of a pool
of nearly 6,000,000 Java developers worldwide,
there are more than 85 Java Champions - so it
is an elite group.
When excited individuals form into committed
groups that develop new and interesting ways
to promote the Java Platform, then communities
of passionate “Champions” is born. Though it’s
possible to compete with individual products
however it’s tough to compete against the
entire communities.
The Java Champions program is sponsored by
Sun Microsystems and is an effort to recognize
leaders in the Java Community and invite them
to participate in the development of the Java
platform in collaboration with Sun engineers and
Java Luminaries.”
Java Champions Community aims to build an
informal group of Java technology proponents
outside of Sun Microsystems to which the Java
Development team and engineers could have
meaningful discussions with. Champions from
within Java Eco-System includes:
- Java Luminaries: senior developers;
architects; consultants; conference
speakers, etc
- Academics/University Professors
- Authors of Java-related content (online & print)
- Java User Group (JUG) Leaders and the
Leaders of online Java portals
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Sun wants to engage and recognize the
segments within the Java Eco-System through
the Java Champions program. Sun wants to
give these leaders the chance to provide
feedback, ideas, and direction to grow the Java
Platform. This interchange may be in the form
of technical discussions and/or communitybuilding
activities with Sun’s Java Development
and Technology Outreach teams. Sun shares a
common goal with the Java developer
community i.e. the technology adoption of the
Java Platform by software developers worldwide.
Five Principles to Become a Java
Champion Candidate:
A Java Champions selection committee (over 50 members) has been formed to help
out the selection of new champions to this
online community.
Here are some of the guidelines for selecting
the new champions and they are being used
by the committee (one or several principles may
be applied during the selection process):
Principle 1: Java Champions are Leaders...If
a candidate is leading a Java related project, a
JUG community, or an online Java portal they
will be considered.
Principle 2: - Java Champions are
Luminaries in their field.... So the candidate
should be a Java engineer or an architect who
is relatively a senior and have lots of
experiences.
Principle 3: - Java Champions should have
Credibility. The candidate can be neutral, for,
or against Sun. Also, a Champion can still write
anything or publish any material that may be
pro, neutral or con towards Sun; unless there
is a litigious issue.
Principle 4: - Java Champions are involved
with some “really cool” applications of Java
Technology or are involved with some sort of
humanitarian or educational effort. The
application must be openly available to the Java |
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