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The JCPSM Program Makes Way for Community
By Susan Mitchell
The IT industry continues to weather difficult times, but if the Java
Community Process sm (JCP sm) program were the only point of reference,
it would be hard to realize the economy was storming. The rate at which
companies are joining the JCP and that Java tm Specification Requests
(JSRs) are being submitted continues unabated, moving innovations
forward. Moreover, the JCP program has proposed enhancements to the
program that will grant unprecedented increases in community access and
collaboration, such as adding an observer expert group membership
category and requiring more frequent updates to the developer community.
Onno Kluyt, director of the JCP program management office (PMO),
looks forward to helping the Java community interact at the numerous
JCP functions to be held during the JavaOne sm Conference 2003. One
of his goals for the JCP program events is to "to have the community
meet itself, to add to the sense of community, of striving for a common
goal." In particular, Wednesday night's community event, Thursday's BOF
session, and the expert group meeting room enable community
members to meet each other, the PMO and JCP Executive Committee (EC)
members.
JCP members and developers who build applications that use Java
specifications will find it useful to attend JCP functions such as the
Wednesday night community event for insights into what the JCP program
is, what it does, and where it is driving the technology evolution. EC
members
and Rob Gingell, Sun fellow and JCP program chair, will be on hand, as
well as various spec leads, including those who are drafting the next
versions of the J2ME tm, J2SE tm, and J2EE tm platforms. It will be easy
to spot the best of the best: an award will be given to the best spec
lead and the most innovative JSR drafted in the last year.
This year the JCP program's annual Wednesday night community event is
being held simultaneously and adjacent to the Jini Fest! and
the JXTA Project Town Hall community meetings so that developers can
check out three communities in action during a two-hour window. "This
is an interesting opportunity for developers to compare and contrast,
to see what goes on in these three communities that Sun leads -- the
different technologies they create, the different ways they are
organized, and who is involved," says Kluyt.
All the JCP program events at JavaOne 2003 add up to a dynamic proof
of concept: the JCP is a thriving collaboration forum that is determined
to "cooperate on development, compete on implementations" in order to
drive innovations in Java technology. Participate in the process that
is rocking the developer world and impacting global businesses.
JCP activities at JavaOne 2003 include:
- JCP Pod
- Expert Group Meeting Room
- Technical Session "An Independent Look at the Java Community
ProcessSM Program BUS-3294"
- Java Community Event: "Java Communities in Action: A Celebration of
Community Collaboration"
- Press Round Table
- JCP Program Update BOF-1638
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