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Winners of JCP 2005 Awards Announced
The JCP recognizes leadership and innovation within the Java community.
by Kay Keppler
JavaOne, June 29, 2005
The Java Community Process (JCP) program presented the third annual JCP Program Awards at the Java Technology Communities in Action Event on Tuesday night, June 28, 2005. The JCP Executive Committee selected the nominees and voted on the winner in each category. The winners of the 2005 JCP Awards are:
JCP Member of the Year
Apache Software Foundation
Most Outstanding Spec Lead for Java Standard Edition/Enterprise Edition
Bill Shannon, Sun Microsystems, - J2EE 5.0
Most Outstanding Spec Lead for Java Micro Edition
Katya Chtcherbina, Siemens AG, & Eric Overtoom, Motorola, - Mobile Telephony API (MTA)
Most Innovative JSR for Java Standard Edition/Enterprise Edition
, Java Language Annotations
Most Innovative JSR for Java Micro Edition
, Mobile Information Device Profile 3
A complete list of the 2005 JCP Awards nominees can be found here:
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Onno Kluyt (left) with Bill Shannon, winner of Most Outstanding Spec Lead for Java SE/EE |
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JCP Chair Onno Kluyt with Geir Magnusson Jr. of Apache Software Foundation |
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"Apache has been involved with the JCP since the initial formation of Executive Committees," says Geir Magnusson Jr. of Apache, winner of the Member of the Year award. "As an open source group, we want to do what we can do to build the Java community, enable transparent processes, and create independent implementations of specifications."
"I'm looking forward to our continuing [project], which is coming along really well," says Bill Shannon, winner of Most Outstanding Spec Lead for Java SE/EE. "It's about the simplification of the platform, and developers are going to love it."
"JSR 175 is about annotations, otherwise known as metadata," says Joshua Bloch, spec lead for the original JSR that won Most Innovative JSR for Java SE/EE. "It's a very open-ended JSR; I had no idea what people would do with it. However, EJB 3.0 is achieving enhanced ease of use with metadata... I have no idea what's coming next; that's the beauty of it."
The JCP Program Management Office also introduced at JavaOne an incentive program to reward and recognize Spec Leads who have repeatedly proven their merit by producing high-quality specifications, establishing best practices, and mentoring others.
The Star Spec Leads honored this year are: Alejandro Abdelnur of Sun Microsystems; of Siemens AG; of Panasonic Information and Network Technologies Laboratory; Ekaterina Chtcherbina of Siemens AG; Linda DeMichiel of Sun Microsystems; of Nokia Corporation; of Siemens AG ; of IBM; of Oracle; of Nokia Corporation; of Nokia Corporation; Eamonn McManus of Sun Microsystems; of Day; of Motorola; of Sun Microsystems; and of Motorola. For more information, .
About the Author
Kay Keppler is editor of Java Pro.
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