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Wednesday February 21, 2007
OpenJDK Ambassador
Today I take on a new role: OpenJDK Ambassador.
Ever since the announcement of open sourcing Java at
JavaOne 2006
and then the
early launch of
HotSpot and
compiler source code
the OpenJDK Community has been eagerly anticipating
the
availability of the
entire
JDK under an open source license.
I'm very excited about my new role because I can combine my
passions for
Free Software
and the promise of Java.
I will facilitate growth of the OpenJDK Community
to promote Java ubiquity, compatibility, innovation and adoption.
I must earnestly thank the
Java Performance Team
for indulging my contributions to Sun's open source efforts starting
with the
DLJ last year.
I have learned so much about how the JVM works, advanced statistics,
testing automation, data visualization and putting the entire
stack (Applications/Java/Operating Systems/Hardware) together
from the whole group, notably
Dave Dagastine,
Brian Doherty,
Charlie Hunt,
Robert Strout,
Menasse Zaudou,
Scott Oaks, and
Eileen Loh.
I will continue to be a strong proponent of
open source performance benchmarking tools and look forward
to continued collaboration with the javaperf team.
Working on the jdk-distros
project has been an awesome experience for me because I have been able to
participate in
helping the Java organization and GNU/Linux distros collaborate on
making Java more available and better integrated. Now I will continue
the liberation with expanded focus on Sun's
rich portfolio of Java libraries.
I love learning and what I love about open source is that
I learn so much from many different people.
My experience with open source software is that
that quality exceeds that of closed
alternatives. More importantly the trajectory of open source
projects is frequently more compelling.
My experiences with
open source developers suggest that in sharing common
values and being humble enough to learn new things I
can multiply my productivity and, hopefully, return
the favor as well.
So my new day job is all about helping the OpenJDK organization
respond to this big change to open source -- and I can't wait
learn as much as I can from you!
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Growing the OpenJDK Community will take more than just two!!!
Posted by tmarble
( Feb 21 2007, 12:24:46 PM CST )
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