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JCP Program Office Community Development of Java Specifications https://blogs.oracle.com/jcp/feed/entries/atom 2014-08-29T21:46:04+00:00 Apache Roller https://blogs.oracle.com/jcp/entry/jcp_ec_nominations_will_be JCP EC Nominations will be open 16-19 September Heather VanCura 2014-08-29T21:46:04+00:00 2014-08-29T21:46:04+00:00 The 2014 Fall Executive Committee Elections will be starting in September.
The nominations period of the Elections will begin on 16 September. The JCP will accept nominations for 8 Ratified and 4 Elected seats through 29 September. The ballot will be open from 28 October until 10 November. The results will be available on jcp.org on 11 November.

If you have an interest in participating in the JCP EC, please start preparing the materials now. If you have any questions, please send us an email at firstname.lastname@example.com.

 https://blogs.oracle.com/jcp/entry/july_august_jsr_updates July & August JSR Updates - Java EE focus! Heather VanCura 2014-08-28T19:35:49+00:00 2014-08-28T19:43:03+00:00

This has been a relatively slow summer for JSR milestones, but this week was a particularly busy week with many new JSR submissions for Java EE 8!

New JSRs

JSR 365, Contexts and Dependency Injection for Java 2.0, has passed the EC JSR Approval Ballot with 24 Yes votes. This JSR is led by RedHat, Pete Muir and Antoine Sabot-Durand, and is open for Expert Group Nominations.

JSR 366, Java Platform Enterprise Edition 8 (Java EE 8) Specification, is open for JSR Review. This JSR is led by Oracle, Linda DeMichiel and Bill Shannon. The EC JSR Approval Ballot will be 9-22 September.

JSR 367, Java API for JSON Binding (JSON-B), is open for JSR Review. This JSR is led by Oracle, Martin Grebac. The EC JSR Approval Ballot will be 9-22 September.

JSR 368, Java Message Service (JMS) 2.1 is open for JSR Review. This JSR is led by Oracle, Nigel Deakin. The EC JSR Approval Ballot will be 9-22 September.

JSR 369, Java Servlet 4.0 is open for JSR Review. This JSR is led by Oracle, Edward Burns and Shing Wai Chan. The EC JSR Approval Ballot will be 9-22 September.

JSR 370, Java API for RESTful Web Services (JAX-RS) 2.1 is open for JSR Review. This JSR is led by Oracle, Santiago Pericas-Geertsen and Marek Potociar. The EC JSR Approval Ballot will be 9-22 September.

JSR 371, Model-View Controller (MVC) 1.0 is open for JSR Review. This JSR is led by Oracle, Manfred Riem and Santiago Pericas-Geertsen . The EC JSR Approval Ballot will be 9-22 September.

JSR 372, JavaServer Faces (JSF) 2.3 is open for JSR Review. This JSR is led by Oracle, Edward Burns and Manfred Riem. The EC JSR Approval Ballot will be 9-22 September.

 Early Draft Reviews
JSR 364, Broadening JCP Membership, completed Early Draft Review. This JSR plans to submit a Public Review in September.

Maintenance

JSR 56, Java Network Launching Protocol and API, completed a Maintenance Release.

JSR 339, JAX-RS 2.0: The Java API for RESTful Web Services, is open For Maintenance Review. The EC ballot will open on 22 September.

JSR 352, Batch Applications for the Java Platform, completed a Maintenance Release.

JSR 356, Java API for WebSocket, completed a Maintenance Release.
 https://blogs.oracle.com/jcp/entry/the_jcp_celebrates_15_years The JCP Celebrates 15 Years in 2014 Heather VanCura 2014-08-22T22:09:49+00:00 2014-08-25T14:14:00+00:00
The JCP Program is celebrating fifteen years of collaborative work from companies, academics, individual developers and not-for-profits from all over the world who have come together to develop Java technology through the JCP. In June, we held a party at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California in conjunction with the Silicon Valley Java User Group (SVJUG). You can check out the Nighthacking videos and pictures from the party:

Video Interview with James Gosling

Video Interview with Van Riper & Kevin Nilson

Video Interview with Rob Gingell

If you missed the party, we have kits for Java User Groups (JUG) to order to celebrate with your Java User Group (JUG) in 2014. Fill out the order form and we will send a presentation, party favors, posters and a raffle item for your local JUG 15 year JCP Celebration!

And next month we will have another celebration during the annual JavaOne Conference in San Francisco. The JCP Party & Awards ceremony will be Monday, 29 September at the Hilton in Union Square. Reserve your ticket early!

 https://blogs.oracle.com/jcp/entry/meet_us_at_oscon_2014 Meet us at OSCON 2014 Heather VanCura 2014-07-21T21:41:23+00:00 2014-07-22T17:52:01+00:00
OSCON 2014 has started in Portland! Looking forward to catching up with Java community member friends--old and new this week.

Tomorrow (Tuesday), visit 'Office Hours' with Heather VanCura from 14:30 - 15:10. This is an informal time to ask your questions and have a roundtable discussion in the Expo Hall, O'Reilly Booth, at Table A.

Following the Office Hour, come to our session 'Bringing Java into the Open' with Heather VanCura and Patrick Curran, from 17:00 - 17:40 in room D136.

Find us in the Attendee Directory if you want to meet up another time during the week or on Twitter @jcp_org.

 https://blogs.oracle.com/jcp/entry/june_jsr_updates June JSR Updates Heather VanCura 2014-06-30T23:03:09+00:00 2014-06-30T23:03:09+00:00
The meeting and materials from the May JCP EC Face-to-Face Meeting in London and the June public EC teleconference meeting are now available on JCP.org.

This month we opened the nominations for the annual JCP Program Awards - anyone can nominate participants using the form on java.net. You can review the Spec Lead Profiles page, List of Active JSRs page, or the EC Membership page for inspiration.

JSR updates in June 2014 included the following:

JSR 359, SIP Servlet 2.0, passed the Public Review ballot with 23 Yes votes.

JSR 356, Java API for WebSocket, posted a Maintenance Review, the draft is open for review and comments until 24 July.

JSR 352, Batch Applications for the Java Platform, passed the Maintenance Review ballot with 19 yes votes, and will post a Maintenance Release soon.

JSR 48, WBEM Services Specification, passed the Final Reconsideration Approval Ballot with 21 Yes votes, and will post a Final Release soon.

 https://blogs.oracle.com/jcp/entry/2014_jcp_annual_awards_nominations 2014 JCP Annual Awards Nominations Open Heather VanCura 2014-06-23T15:04:20+00:00 2014-06-23T15:04:20+00:00
The time has arrived to open nominations for the 2014 JCP Annual Awards! The JCP program celebrates success. Members of the community nominate worthy participants, Spec Leads, and Java Specification Requests (JSRs) in order to cheer on the hard work and creativity that produces ground-breaking results for the community and industry in the Java Standard Edition (SE), Java Enterprise Edition (EE), or Java Micro Edition (ME) platforms.

The community gets together every year at the JavaOne conference to applaud in person the winners of the JCP Program Awards. This year we have four categories: JCP Member/Participant of the Year, Outstanding Spec Lead, Outstanding Adopt-a-JSR Participant, and Most Significant JSR. The award ceremony will again occur at the Annual JCP Community Party held in San Francisco, on Monday evening, 29 September.

The 12th JCP Annual Awards Nominations are now open until 19 July 2014. Submit nominations via email to email@example.com or use the nomination form on java.net. The JCP EC will vote to select the winners following the nomination period. We look forward to receiving your nominations!

Descriptions of the award categories for this year:

JCP Member/Participant Of The Year - This award recognizes the corporate or individual member (either Member or Participant) who has made the most significant positive impact on the community in the past year. Leadership, investment in the community, and innovation are some of the qualities that EC Members look for in voting for this award.

Outstanding Spec Lead - The role of Spec Lead is not an easy one, and the person who takes that responsibility must be, among other things, technically savvy, able to build consensus in spite of diverse corporate goals, and focused on efficiency and execution. This award recognizes the person who has brought together these qualities the best in the past year, in leading a JSR for the Java community (Java SE, Java EE or Java ME).

Most Significant JSR - Specification development is key to the success of the JCP program and helps ensure we remain a fresh and vibrant community. This award recognizes the Spec Lead and Expert Group that have contributed (either in progress or final) the most significant JSR for the Java community (Java SE, Java EE or Java ME) in the past year.

Outstanding Adopt-a-JSR Participant - This award recognizes the Java User Group (JUG) that has made the most exemplary contribution through the Adopt-a-JSR program in the past year. The London Java Community and SouJava initiated, and are thereby implicitly recognized, in this effort for JUGs around the world to become more involved in the work of JSRs. Innovation, community engagement and technical impact are some of the characteristics that EC members look for in voting for this award.

 https://blogs.oracle.com/jcp/entry/devoxx_uk_jcp_adopt_a Devoxx UK JCP & Adopt-a-JSR activities Heather VanCura 2014-06-09T05:04:09+00:00 2014-06-16T19:42:47+00:00
 Devoxx UK starts this week! The JCP Program is organizing many activities throughout the conference, including some tables in the Hackergarten area on 12-13 June. Topics include Java EE, Data Grids, Java SE 8 (Lambdas and Date & Time API), Money & Currency API and OpenJDK. We will have two book signings by Richard Warburton and Peter Pilgrim during the Hackergarten - free signed copy of their books at these times - first come, first served (limited quantities available). Thursday night is the party and the Birds of a Feather (BoF) sessions - come with your favorite questions and topics related to the JCP, Adopt-a-JSR and Adopt OpenJDK Programs!

See below for the schedule of activities--with details for each session. Come join us or just stop by to chat for a while! I'll be sending out updates on Twitter throughout the event @jcp_org - and watch for the next hackergarten coming your way.

Thursday 12 June

10:20 - 12:50 Java EE -- Arun Gupta will review some of the requested the the Java EE Spec Leads and Expert Group members are looking for from the community via the Adopt-a-JSR program. There are specific requests for many of the specs to use as a starting point.

13:30-15:00 & 15:00-17:00 Java SE 8 Lambdas/Date & Time API --Richard Warburton, Raoul-Gabriel Urma, Graham Allen, Stephen Colebourne (Stephen from 15:00-17:00). Focus on changes in the newly released Java 8 covering the following topics JSR 335, Lambda Expressions, Improved Collections API including streams and collections, and JSR 310, Date & Time API. The materials will be covered by hands-on code examples/exercises and an opportunity to ask questions and offer opinions about what would be helpful for inclusion in Java 9. 15:30 - 15:50 Book signing with Richard Warburton during the afternoon break sponsored by the JCP program.

14:00-15:30 JSR 107 JCache -- David Brimley will lead some activity and discussions around the recently finalized specification and implementation of JCache.

14:30-17:30 JSR 347, Data Grids - Peter Lawrey will illustrate the types of solutions that the JSR 347 Expert Group has in mind using exercise with OpenHFT Collections' Shared HashMap. He will also look at using memory profilers and systems tools to see what difference SHM makes.

14:30- 18:00 JSR 354, Money & Currency -- Anatole Tresch will organize some hands-on activities from the current list of Community Feedback suggestions he has on his JSR 354 Community Update tab for interested participants.

18:45 Adopt OpenJDK BoF session in Room 2 (Java EE BoF runs concurrently).

19:45 JCP & Adopt-a-JSR BoF session - Join the Java Evolution in Room 2.

Friday 13 June

10:20-13:00 OpenJDK -- Mani Sarkar will organize a time to do some hacking on the JDK itself, including a review of the Adopt OpenJDK Getting Started Kit. If you like, you can also join the Hack the Tower event being organized on Saturday 14 June.

10:20- 14:30 JSR 354, Money & Currency -- Anatole Tresch will organize some hands-on activities from the current list of Community Feedback suggestions he has on his JSR 354 Community Update tab for interested participants.

10:20 - 13:00 Java EE -- Peter Pilgrim will review some of the requested the the Java EE Spec Leads and Expert Group members are looking for from the community via the Adopt-a-JSR program. There are specific requests for many of the specs to use as a starting point.

13:00-13:30 Peter Pilgrim Java EE 7 Book signing sponsored by JCP @ lunch time

13:30 - 15:30 JCP.Next/JSR 364 -- Heather VanCura will review the progress of the JCP.Next initiative including the status of the latest JSR submitted and approved by the JCP EC in May 2014. We will review the Issue Tracker and discuss ways to give feedback and participate in the JCP & Adopt-a-JSR programs.

We hope to see you there--it will be a fun and interactive experience for all to contribute to 'Create the Future' Java :-).

 https://blogs.oracle.com/jcp/entry/2014_conferences_jfokus_javaland_geecon 2014 Conferences - JFokus, JavaLand & GeeCon! Heather VanCura 2014-06-08T05:39:41+00:00 2014-06-08T05:39:41+00:00
There has been a delay in publishing these past event summaries from early 2014--JFokus in February, JavaLand in March, and GeeCon in May. As we plan for Devoxx UK next week, I found these summaries that did not make it past 'draft' stage. We had some great successes with the first three events of 2014, a Java developer conference trifecta! Participation topics included Java, the JCP program overall and the Adopt-a-JSR programs.

First up in February was JFokus in Stockholm. The energy and talent in Stockholm is amazing and the conference organizers do a stellar job running it and welcoming the speakers of this event. I enjoyed the city walk and speaker dinner, as well as many opportunities to interact with conference speakers and attendees, both during and after the conference hours. Reza Rehman invited me to speak during his Java EE 7 lab session about the Adopt-a-JSR program, and I gave a quickie session on the JCP and Adopt-a-JSR. There was also a late night Birds of a Feather (BoF) session held jointly with Cecelia Borg, Martijn Verburg and Reza Rehman. This was an interactive conversation with a focus on the Java EE community survey results and encouraging more community participation and collaboration in Java development. The Java 8 keynote by Georges Saab and Mark Reinhold was also very entertaining, I was sorry to miss FOSDEM happening the previous weekend this year in Brussels, but I hope to attend in 2015. Favorite take home gift -- Lambdas cap!

In March, the inaugural version of the JavaLand conference happened inside Phantasialand, an amusement park in Germany. Markus Eisele suggested having an Early Adopters area at the conference, which I was keen to implement. In 2013 at Devoxx Belgium we held some activities in the Hackergaren area around Lambdas and Java EE 7, so this was a great opportunity to expand on a more interactive conference format and Andreas Badelt from the program committee helped in the planning for this area. Daniel Bryant and Mani Sarkar from the London Java Community led some general Adopt-a-JSR discussions and AdoptOpen JDK activities. JCP Spec Leads, Anatole Tresch from Credit Suisse, leading JSR 354, Money & Currency API, and Ed Burns from Oracle, leading JSR 344, JavaServer Faces 2.2, attended to engage with conference attendees on their JSRs. Favorite - Stephen Chin's roller coaster video.

In May, GeeCon in Krakow was anther awesome conference! The conference organizers were warm and welcoming and I enjoyed time getting to know the other speakers at the event. There was a JCP and Adopt-a-JSR participation session as well as a moderated panel session on Early Adopters. We had an amazing panel -- Daniel Bryant, Arun Gupta, Tomasz Borek , and Peter Lawrey. The panel discussed the Adopt-a-JSR and Adopt OpenJDK program, and how the participants work together to get involved and contribute to both the Java SE and Java EE platforms. If was an interesting discussion and sparked some new ideas on how Java User Groups in Poland and around the world can contribute in a significant and meaningful way to create better and more practical Java standards today and in the future. Favorite take home gift - GeeCon mug!

These were some of the highlights of the events--looking forward to Devoxx UK next week. I will publish these details tomorrow!
 https://blogs.oracle.com/jcp/entry/public_jcp_ec_meeting_on Public JCP EC Meeting on 10 June Heather VanCura 2014-06-06T03:56:50+00:00 2014-06-06T03:56:50+00:00
The next JCP EC Meeting is open to the public! We hope you will join us on Tuesday, 10 June at 08:00 AM PDT. Agenda includes a discussion on the latest JCP.Next news--JSR 364, Broadening JCP Membership.

We hope you will join us, but if you cannot attend, the recording and materials will also be public on the JCP.org multimedia page. Meeting details below.

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Topic: Public EC Meeting

Date: Tuesday, June 10, 2014

Time: 8:00 am, Pacific Daylight Time (San Francisco, GMT-07:00)

Meeting Number: 807 111 580

Meeting Password: 6893

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 https://blogs.oracle.com/jcp/entry/may_jsr_updates May JSR updates Heather VanCura 2014-05-13T10:36:26+00:00 2014-05-13T10:36:26+00:00
The end of April and the first part of May brought more JSR updates following the Java 8 launch (including the Final Release of JSR 360 & JSR 361 as part of Java 8)! This week the JCP Executive Committee (EC) meets in London for the second Face-to-Face (F2F) meeting of 2014, hosted by EC Member, Goldman Sachs (thank you!).

We will discuss many interesting topics, including JCP.Next Working Group sessions (JSR 364 & JSR 358), JCP membership, some JSR presentations by JSR 343 Spec Lead, Nigel Deakin, and JSR 359 Spec Lead, Binod PG. We will also have a presentation on GS Collections by Donald Raab and a Java EE use case by Mohamed Tamen. The meeting summary and materials will be posted soon.

The next EC Meeting, to be held on 10 June, will be a public meeting. This meeting is open to anyone interested in attending-details will be published on this blog in early June.

Recent JSR milestone updates include:

JSR 364, Broadening JCP Membership, passed JSR Approval Ballot with 24 yes votes.

JSR 354, Money & Currency API, passed Public Review Ballot with 25 yes votes.

JSR 359, SIP Servlet 2.0, is open for Public Review. The EC Public Review ballot opens 20 May.

JSR 360, Connected Limited Device Configuration 8, passed their Final Approval Ballot and published a Final Release.

JSR 361, Java ME Embedded Profile, passed their Final Approval Ballot and published a Final Release.

JSR 352, Batch Applications for the Java Platform is still open for Maintenance Review (EC ballot 17-23 June).

JSR 346, Contexts and Dependency Injection for Java EE 1.1 published a Maintenance Release.

 https://blogs.oracle.com/jcp/entry/jcp_next_ongoing_effort_continues And then there were four - the JCP.Next effort continues! Heather VanCura 2014-04-18T04:45:40+00:00 2014-04-18T04:45:41+00:00
 The JCP Executive Committee (EC) continues to work on improving the JCP program as part of the JCP.Next effort started in 2010. Several JSRs have started going through the process.

First: JSR 348, Transparency aka JCP 2.8 (implemented in 2010-2011).

Second: JSR 355, EC Merge (implemented in 2012-2013).

Third: JSR 358, A major Revision to the Java Community Process. This JSR continues in development. It is difficult since it involves changes of the JSPA and Intellectual Property (IP) -- it is a legal agreement and that means that the lawyers get involved. We continue to work on this effort and we should have something concrete in the next few months. Another area of JSR 358 involves JCP Individual membership. Since January 2013, we have made more progress in this area. In 2005, JCP 2.5 introduced changed to the JCP program that allowed individuals to participate more fully in the JCP program. Over the years Individual Memberships have increased and Corporate Members have decreased. Many companies list the $5000 Membership fee as a barrier, along with consolidation in the Java ecosystem. This shift of the membership also means that there is not an IP contribution from corporations. If you join the JCP as corporation, you contribute your IP, but in the case of an employee joining the JCP as an Individual Member, the corporations don't commit IP. The Individual Member has an Exhibit B signed by their employer, but that is not the same as employer committing IP. This is an issue that needs to be addressed. At the same time, we want to broaden the JCP Membership to better enable more developers to participate in the JCP program. Currently we only have the JSPA. It is is complex legal document, and many individuals and Java User Groups (JUG) don't want to sign it. We would like to try to make membership a simpler thing for both individuals and JUGs. The JCP has been very successful in engaging with JUGs; however, many JUGs are not legal entities. We can have a different agreement with JUGs that does not need to include IP, but an agreement for mutual collaboration to promote Java. The EC decided that these membership related changes could be proposed in a separate JSR apart from the IP related issues that will continue to be discussed in JSR 358.

Which brings us to...

Fourth: JSR 364, Broadening JCP Membership. This JSR was submitted for review last week to address the membership related changes started in JSR 358. We are moving forward quickly to implement changes that will increase Java developer participation, but don't require JSPA changes (ie. no lawyers involved)! Rather than combine IP and membership changes in JSR 358, we have proposed another JSR, aka JCP.Next 4, that will focus only on membership changes to address Individual Membership issues and better support JUGs. Heather VanCura will be the Spec Lead and the JSR will appear on the JCP EC ballot 29 April. The java.net project is publicly accessible with a Wiki home page, discussion forum, observer alias, and an issue tracker (already populated - we'll work primarily from this to track changes to the process document). This JSR will enable more participation, while ensuring we have the appropriate IP commitments. We want to simplify the ability for individuals to participate, without requiring an employer signature. As we discussed in January 2014 at the JUG summit, the transparency requirements introduced in JCP 2.8 facilitate participation, but there are people who want to contribute in a more meaningful way. We are proposing the creation of an Affiliate membership, to enable broader membership for Java developers who want to contribute and participate on JSRs. In addition, it is great that we have more individuals and JUGs interested and participating in the JCP, but we also need to increase corporate participation in the JCP program. This JSR will eliminate the fees for corporations to join the JCP progam, and we'll put efforts into recruiting corporations. Leading a JSR is a considerable effort, and it is almost impossible for an individual to do it alone. We need more corporations to support the efforts of the Java community. The EC Individuals Working Group has been discussing these proposals over the past year. Now that we have submitted the JSR for approval, we plan to have an Early Draft Review of JSR 364 in June of this year, and our goal is to try to complete the JSR in calendar year 2014.

 Please provide your comments, input and questions to the java.net project!

 https://blogs.oracle.com/jcp/entry/april_jsr_updates April JSR Updates and JCP.Next Progress Report Heather VanCura 2014-04-15T15:57:43+00:00 2014-04-15T23:21:55+00:00
March was an exciting month with the Java 8 launch, and April continues to keep the JCP community active with new JSRs, a JSR posting Public Review milestone, several JSRs preparing for Final Release and some JSRs holding Maintenance Reviews.

The JCP Executive Committee (EC) has been working since 2011 on the JCP.Next effort to evolve the JCP program itself. In 2011, JSR 348 introduced JCP version 2.8 to increase transparency and participation in the JCP program. JSR 355, EC Merge, was implemented in 2012 as JCP version 2.9 and completed the merge of the EC in 2013. The third in the series of JCP.Next JSRs, JSR 358, a Major Revision to the Java Community Process, led by Patrick Curran, has been ongoing since June 2012, and the EC serving as the Expert Group (EG) continues to work on the effort.

In parallel, a new JSR has been submitted this month, which aims to broaden JCP participation by defining new membership classes, changing existing membership categories, enabling participation by the community and ensuring the appropriate Intellectual Property commitment from JCP members are in place. This JSR will be led by Heather VanCura, and will focus on the area of Membership and Participation. The EC, serving as the EG, will be making changes that affect the JCP Process Document (not the JSPA) and will endeavor to complete the JSR by the end of 2014. You can follow progress on this JSR and join the public java.net project.

See below for the list of JSR updates:

JSR 364, JSR Review – Broadening JCP Membership; Oracle (ballot 29 April – 12 May).

JSR 363, JSR Review & JSR Approval Ballot – Units of Measurement API; J Dautelle, W Keil, V2COM (ballot approved with 24 yes votes 7 April).

JSR 354, Public Review 2 – Money & Currency API; Credit Suisse (PR ballot 29 April – 12 May).

JSR 360, Submitted for Final Approval Ballot – Connected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC) 8; Oracle (ballot 8-21 April)

JSR 361, Submitted for Final Approval Ballot – Java ME Embedded Profile; Oracle (ballot 8-21 April).

JSR 107, Final Approval Ballot & Final Release – JCACHE API; Greg Luck, Oracle (ballot approved with 24 yes votes 17 March).

JSR 48, Final Approval Ballot – WBEM Services Specification; WBEM Solutions (ballot not approved 7 April; reconsideration ballot pending).

JSR 56, Maintenance Review – Java Network Launching Protocal & API; Oracle.

JSR 346, Maintenance Review – Contexts and Dependency Injection for Java EE 1.1; RedHat (ballot approved with 24 yes votes14 April).

JSR 352, Maintenance Review -- Batch Applications for the Java Platform (ballot 17-23 June).

 https://blogs.oracle.com/jcp/entry/adopt_a_jsr_online_meeting1 Adopt-a-JSR Online Meeting 20 March Heather VanCura 2014-03-17T23:21:57+00:00 2014-03-20T17:46:55+00:00

Adopt-a-JSR is a JUG-led global initiative to improve Java standards. Groups of JUG members work on JSRs! Join us for an online meeting this Thursday, 20 March, at 11:00 am PDT.

Topic: Adopt-a-JSR online meeting

Date: Thursday, March 20, 2014
Time: 11:00 am, Pacific Daylight Time (San Francisco, GMT-07:00)
Meeting Number: 807 421 815
Meeting Password: 23678
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 26+ JUGS around the world are participating in the Adopt-a-JSR program. If you don't see your JUG listed, join this meeting to find out how to take the next step and get involved. If you are listed, join this meeting to celebrate your success and plan your next event &/or activity!

South America: Campinas JUG (Brazil), ceJUG (Brazil), GOJava (Brazil), SouJava (Brazil), Brasilia, DF JUG (Brazil), GUJ Londrina (Brazil) Peru JUG, Guadalajara JUG.

North America: Silicon Valley JUG, Houston JUG (USA), Toronto JUG (Canada). • Europe: London Java Community (UK), BeJUG (Belgium), Madrid JUG (Spain), JUG Cologne (Germany), Istanbul JUG (Turkey).

Asia: Indonesia JUG, JUG JogLoSemar (Indonesia), Hyderabad JUG (India), JUG Chennai (India).

Africa & Middle East: EGJUG (Egypt), Morocco JUG, Faso JUG (Africa), Jozi JUG (South Africa), Mbale (Uganda).

JSR 310, Date & Time API and 335, Lambda Expressions for the Java Programming Language were the most popular Java 8 JSRs adopted by members of the Java Community. JSR 310 was adopted by Guadalajara JUG, Jozi JUG, London Java Community and SouJava. JSR 335 was adopted by Jozi JUG, London Java Community, and SouJava.

There is also a large group of developers participating in OpenJDK through the Adopt OpenJDK program.

The 'Test Java 8 program' is another project initiated by the London Java Community, as part of the Adopt-a-JSR program. The aim is for various individuals from JUGs to help out with Testing Java 8 on several OSS projects before the launch of Java 8.

With the Java 8 launch happening next week, this is a great time to join in the activities! We are organizing activities at the JavaLand Conference in Germany and other locations around the world. Check out the Early Adopters Adopt-a-JSR area. Find out how to leverage the tremendous resources available to you.

 https://blogs.oracle.com/jcp/entry/java_se_8_jsrs_post Java SE 8 JSRs Post Final Release milestones Heather VanCura 2014-03-09T21:43:43+00:00 2014-03-12T16:56:05+00:00
February was a busy month with all of the preparations for the upcoming Java 8 release in March. The four new JSRs being developed through the JCP for the Java SE 8 Platform, have completed their JCP Executive Committee (EC) Final Approval Ballots and published their Final Release milestones.

 Java SE Final Releases.

JSR 308, Annotations on Java Types, led by Michael Ernst and Alex Buckley, passed the JCP EC Final Approval Ballot with 24 yes votes and posted their Final Release.

JSR 310, Date and Time API, led by Stephen Colebourne, Michael Nascimento Santos and Roger Riggs, passed the JCP EC Final Approval Ballot with 23 yes votes, and posted their Final Release.

JSR 335, Lambda Expressions for the Java Programming Language, led by Brian Goetz, passed the JCP EC Final Approval Ballot with 24 yes votes and posted their Final Release.

JSR 337, Java SE 8 Release Contents, led by Mark Reinhold, passed the JCP EC Final Approval Ballot with 24 yes votes and posted their Final Release.

Eight previously developed JSRs completed the latest version of the JCP 2.9 Maintenance Process and posted updated Final Releases/Maintenance Release as part of the Java 8 effort.

JSR 3, JMX Specification, posted a Maintenance Release.

JSR 114, JDBC Rowset Implementations, posted a Maintenance Release.

JSR 160, JMX Remote API, posted a Maintenance Release.

JSR 173, Streaming API for XML, posted a Maintenance Release.

JSR 199, Java Compiler API, posted a Maintenance Release.

JSR 206, JAXP, posted a Maintenance Release.

JSR 221, JDBC 4 API Specification, posted a Maintenance Release.

JSR 269, Pluggable Annotation Processing API, posted a Maintenance Release.

The Java ME and Embedded JSRs are also making progress toward completion for Java 8.

JSR 360, Connected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC) 8, led by Michael Lagally and Roger Riggs, has posted a Proposed Final Draft for review.

JSR 361, Java ME Embedded Profile, led by Volker Bauche, has posted a Proposed Final Draft for review.

Java 8 Launch:

Starting on 11 March, the Java 8 NightHacking JUG tour starts in Europe and India. This tour is led by Java Evangelist Stephen Chin, has over 28 stops planned already. The third planned NightHacking event is the Java 8 Launch Hangout on 25 March streamed live from JavaLand in Germany.

The Java community has been a huge part of making the Java SE release a reality! There will be Adopt-a-JSR and Adopt OpenJDK activities planned as part of the Early Adopters area at JavaLand in Germany as well. The JCP will host an Adopt-a-JSR online meeting on Thursday, 20 March to share these resources developed. Stay tuned for details.

As with the previous Java launches, JUG leaders can request speakers to come and present or they can run their own event without a speaker. Following the launch, there will be a JUG kit with presentation materials including speaker notes.

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 https://blogs.oracle.com/jcp/entry/2014_iouc_summit The JCP at the 2014 IOUC Summit Heather VanCura 2014-02-03T14:28:17+00:00 2014-02-03T14:28:17+00:00
 The week of January 20, the International Oracle User Group Community (IOUC) met at the Oracle Redwood Shores campus for their annual leadership summit. The IOUC is a community of leaders representing Oracle users groups worldwide. Members include leaders from over 900 user groups representing individual countries in Europe, Middle East, Africa, Latin America, Asia Pacific, and North America. There was a Java track scheduled during the summit, and Java Community Process (JCP) program office members, Patrick Curran and Heather VanCura, led a discussion with the Java User Group (JUG) leaders titled, "How to Increase Participation in the JCP" and provided an update on the JCP.Next effort. Heather led an interactive conversation with the approximately twenty JUG leaders from all over the world sharing insights and best practices around getting their Java developers more involved in the JCP and Java Specification Request (JSR) development activities. Drawing on input from the three JUG leaders serving as JCP Executive Committee (EC) Members, Jim Gough (London Java Community), Badr Erelhouari (Morocco JUG), and Bruno Souza (SouJava in Brazil), the leaders discussed the increasing openness and transparency of the latest versions of the JCP and the momentum of the Adopt-a-JSR programs. These initiatives have put the JCP back into the spotlight, but there are still barriers to participation that center around awareness, complexity, and accessibility of artifacts. Leaders from China, Japan, Netherlands and the United States shared their experiences and ways to address the remaining barriers, and also made some suggestions that JCP EC Members can implement to help support the international Java developer community. This is also a topic that the JCP EC discussed at the first EC Face to Face Meeting of 2014. The January EC Meeting summary and materials will be posted in the next few weeks. Next, Patrick reviewed the items under discussion for the latest iteration of JCP.Next, including: a modified JSPA, a standard Specification License., a standard Contributor Agreement, open source development processes, standard RI licenses, standard TCK licenses, and developer access to TCKs.

Thank you to all of the amazing JUG leaders who attended and participated in the summit. I look forward to working with you to increase participation in the coming year!

 https://blogs.oracle.com/jcp/entry/2013_star_spec_lead_announced 2013 Star Spec Lead Announced Heather VanCura 2014-01-22T05:36:49+00:00 2014-01-22T05:36:49+00:00
 Congratulations to the newest Star Spec Lead, Brian Goetz. Brian is the Spec Lead for JSR 335, Lambda Expressions for the Java Programming Language, and won the 2013 Outstanding Spec Lead Award as part of the 11th Annual JCP Program Awards during JavaOne 2013. JSR 335 is part of upcoming release of Java SE 8, the next version of the Java Platform, Standard Edition, and recently passed EC Public Review Ballot and posted a Proposed Final Draft.

The Star Spec Lead Program recognizes top Spec Lead performance and rewards exceptional service to the community. Spec Leads' activities are measured around criteria of process and communication with community members. Spec Leads are selected based on nominations from fellow Spec Leads, Expert Group (EG) members, Executive Committee (EC) members, community members and the Program Management Office (the administrator of the program). Star Spec Leads are not born into the role--they grow into it by bringing consistent value to the community, which reflects positively both on the process and on the community as a whole.

 Spec Leads are key to the JCP program. Without them, none of the Java Specification Requests (JSRs) would have begun, much less crossed the finish line and become implemented in shipping products. The JCP PMO introduced a Spec Leads incentive program for the first time in 2005. Over the past nine years the program has rewarded and recognized Spec Leads who repeatedly proved their merit by producing high quality specifications, establishing best practices, and mentoring others. The point of such honor is to endorse good work, showcase successful methods for other Spec Leads to emulate, and motivate Java community members to become more involved in JSRs through either the Adopt-a-JSR program, or perhaps, as an Expert Group Member or as Spec Lead of a JSR.
 Please join me in congratulating Brian! He exemplifies the principles that have guided the ongoing JCP.Next effort in terms of agility, participation, and transparency to the community.
 https://blogs.oracle.com/jcp/entry/january_jsr_updates_ec_ballot January JSR updates - EC Ballot Results and Java SE 8 PFD Milestones Heather VanCura 2014-01-16T02:50:23+00:00 2014-01-16T02:50:23+00:00
This is the first post of 2014--Happy New Year! The JCP 2014 Calendar has been published with some key dates for the coming year. Look for the 2013 Year in Review next week!

There were four Java SE 8 JSRs that passed their JSR Public Review ballots, and subsequently published Proposed Final Draft milestones as of yesterday, and eight JSR Maintenance Review ballots that passed JCP EC vote. Also this week, the JSR 354, Money and Currency API, Public Review, led by Credit Suisse, is on the JCP EC ballot.

JSR 308 - Annotations on Java Types - Proposed Final Draft published. The Public Review ballot passed the JCP EC with 23 yes votes.

JSR 310 - Date and Time API - Public Review - Proposed Final Draft published. The Public Review ballot passed the JCP EC with 24 yes votes.

JSR 335 - Lambda Expressions for the Java Programming Language - Proposed Final Draft published. The Public Review ballot was passed unanimously by the JCP EC with 25 yes votes.

JSR 337 - Java SE 8 Release Contents -  Proposed Final Draft published. The Public Review ballot was passed unanimously by the JCP EC with 25 yes votes.

JSR 3 - JMX Specification - Maintenance Review 6. The Maintenance Review ballot passed the JCP EC ballot with 20 yes votes.

JSR 114 - JDBC Rowset Implementations - Maintenance Review 3. The Maintenance Review ballot passed the JCP EC ballot with 20 yes votes.

JSR 160 - JMX Remote API - Maintenance Review 3. The Maintenance Review ballot passed the JCP EC ballot with 20 yes votes.

JSR 199 - Java Compiler API - Maintenance Review. The Maintenance Review ballot passed the JCP EC ballot with 20 yes votes.

JSR 206 - JAXP - Maintenance Review 3. The Maintenance Review ballot passed the JCP EC ballot with 20 yes votes.

JSR 221 - JDBC 4 API Specification - Maintenance Review 2. The Maintenance Review ballot passed the JCP EC ballot with 20 yes votes.

JSR 173 - Streaming API for XML - Maintenance Review 4 . The Maintenance Review ballot passed the JCP EC ballot with 23 yes votes.

JSR 269 - Pluggable Annotation Processing API - Maintenance Review 2 . The Maintenance Review ballot passed the JCP EC ballot with 22 yes votes.

JSR 354 - Money and Currency API - Public Review is closed and is on the EC ballot closing on Tuesday, 21 January 2014.

Next week the JCP will participate in the IOUC Summit at the Oracle Redwood Shores Conference Center, and also hold the first JCP EC Face to Face Meeting of 2014. Stay tuned for details...

 https://blogs.oracle.com/jcp/entry/jcp_updates_and_reminders December JCP updates and reminders Heather VanCura 2013-12-13T20:57:02+00:00 2014-01-09T18:42:12+00:00
It has been a busy month in the JCP program. Many updates to share with you below...

Star Spec Lead nominations are still open for 2013 until Monday, 16 December. This is a great opportunity to recognize your favorite JSR Specification Lead.

The November EC meeting summary and materials are available. This was the first EC Meeting with the newly elected 2013-2014 EC. The second hour of the meeting was public, so there is a recording of the public meeting available as well. We welcomed new EC Members Freescale, Morocco JUG, Software AG, and V2COM.

The JCP 2014 Calendar has been published with some key dates for the coming year. Look for our holiday greeting and 2013 Year in Review next week!

There are ten open JSR ballots and several JSR updates from the last few weeks, primarily for the planned Java SE 8 final release in 2014.

JSR 3 - JMX Specification - Maintenance Review 6
Last day for EC Members to vote: 16 December 2013

JSR 114 - JDBC Rowset Implementations - Maintenance Review 3
Last day for EC Members to vote: 16 December 2013

JSR 160 - JMX Remote API - Maintenance Review 3
Last day for EC Members to vote: 16 December 2013

JSR 199 - Java Compiler API - Maintenance Review
Last day for EC Members to vote: 16 December 2013

JSR 206 - JAXP - Maintenance Review 3
Last day for EC Members to vote: 16 December 2013

JSR 221 - JDBC 4 API Specification - Maintenance Review 2
Last day for EC Members to vote: 16 December 2013

JSR 308 - Annotations on Java Types - Public Review

Last day for EC Members to vote: 23 December 2013

JSR 310 - Date and Time API - Public Review
Last day for EC Members to vote: 23 December 2013

JSR 335 - Lambda Expressions for the Java Programming Language - Public Review
Last day for EC members to vote: 23 December 2013

JSR 337 - Java SE 8 Release Contents - Public Review
Last day for EC Members to vote: 23 December 2013

JSR 351 - Java Identity API - Early Draft Review is open. The close of review is 7 January 2014.

JSR 354 - Money and Currency API - Public Review is extended and still open. The close of review is 7 January 2014.

JSR 173 - Streaming API for XML - Maintenance Review 4 is open. The close of review is 17 December 2013.

JSR 269 - Pluggable Annotation Processing API - Maintenance Review 2 is open. The close of the review is 7 January 2014.

 https://blogs.oracle.com/jcp/entry/2013_star_spec_lead_nominations 2013 Star Spec Lead Nominations Open Heather VanCura 2013-11-27T17:06:29+00:00 2013-11-27T17:06:29+00:00
 Star Spec Lead nominations are now open until 16 December 2013. Anyone can submit a nomination for a current Spec Lead operating under the most recent versions of the JCP program (version JCP 2.8 or 2.9). Nominations can be for either process or communication criteria--some of the possible criteria for selection is listed below. There are Spec Lead profiles available for most of the active JSRs on JCP.org to use for inspiration. I look forward to your nominations!

Spec Lead Process Category (Exceptional):

Participate in mentorships of other community members.

Submit materials to publish on jcp.org.

Manage unusual obstacles in a JSR, i.e. Spec Lead transfers JSR transfers to different entity, loss of valuable EG members.

Implement new, effective and/or innovative ways manage Expert Groups--active and large observer groups, having voting rights and duties documented.

Dealing w/a politically difficult situation--mergers and acquisitions, negotiating inclusion into umbrella JSRs or other.

Engagement in evangelism of the JSR or in general promoting the importance of the JCP program and Java standards.

Spec Lead Communications Category (Exceptional):

Active blogging/mentioning their JSR/JCP standards in their blog.

Participate in JCP PMO podcasts, sessions or meetings.

Promote the JCP and the Community to broader audiences (JUGs, non-Java developers, students).

Public speaking/presentations that mention standards and the JCP at industry events.

Contributing articles and becoming a resource for contributed articles about the JCP and JSRs.

Utilizing social media consistently including blogging for promoting and attracting support for their JSRs.

Conducting media interviews about their JSRs.

 https://blogs.oracle.com/jcp/entry/jcp_activities_at_devoxx_2013 JCP activities at Devoxx 2013! Heather VanCura 2013-11-12T13:24:29+00:00 2013-11-12T13:24:29+00:00
Devoxx 2013 has officially started! Looking forward to catching up with Java community member friends--old and new this week.

Tuesday (today) the Hackergarten has returned to Devoxx! There are Java EE 7 tables and Java SE 8 Lambda tables. Kudos to Andres Almirey for organizing the event and to Arun Gupta and Stuart Marks for leading the activities -- awesome Adopt-a-JSR participation in action!

Wednesday there is a JCP 'quickie' session How to Participate in the Future of Java Quickie at 13:35-13:50. We will also have a chat with the OTN team afterward!

Wednesday evening at 21:00, join us for our BOF session with Martin Verburg and Johan Vos: JCP & Adopt-a-JSR Workshop BOF.

 https://blogs.oracle.com/jcp/entry/september_jcp_ec_meeting_summary Public JCP EC Meeting on 12 November Heather VanCura 2013-11-09T15:41:05+00:00 2013-11-09T15:41:05+00:00
The next JCP EC Meeting, and the last public EC Meeting of 2013, is scheduled for Tuesday, 12 November at 08:00 AM PST. Agenda includes a discussion on invigorating your community participation in the JCP program.

We hope you will join us, but if you cannot attend, the recording and materials will also be public on the JCP.org multimedia page. Meeting details below.

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 https://blogs.oracle.com/jcp/entry/jsr_updates_november_2013 JSR updates - November 2013 Heather VanCura 2013-11-08T00:12:42+00:00 2013-11-08T00:12:42+00:00
 This week has been a busy week for JCP participants! Ten JSRs related to the upcoming Java Standard Edition (Java SE) 8 release posted public reviews--four Public Reviews and six Maintenance Reviews. All JSRs are operating under the latest version of the JCP program and have public feedback mechanisms and issue trackers. Please review and comment on these JSRs--your input and participation is wanted and needed!

JSR 308, Annotations on Java Types, published a Public Review. This review closes 4 December.

JSR 310, Date and Time API, published a Public Review. This review closes 4 December.

JSR 335, Lambda Expressions for the Java Programming Language, published a Public Review. This review closes 4 December.

JSR 337, Java SE 8 Release contents, published a Public Review. This review closes 4 December.

JSR 221, JDBC 4.0 API, published a Maintenance Review. This review closes 4 December.

JSR 199, Java Compiler API, published a Maintenance Review. This review closes 4 December.

JSR 160, Java Management Extensions Remote API, published a Maintenance Review. This review closes 4 December.

JSR 114, JDBC Rowset Implementations, published a Maintenance Review. This review closes 4 December.

JSR 3, Java Management Extensions Specification, published a Maintenance Review. This review closes 4 December.

JSR 206, Java API for XML Processing, published a Maintenance Review. This review closes 22 November.

Two other JSRs also published recent updates:

JSR 354, Money and Currency API, published a Public Review. This review closes 23 November.

JSR 107, JCACHE - Java Temporary Caching API, published a Proposed Final Draft.
 https://blogs.oracle.com/jcp/entry/2013_ec_elections_results 2013 EC Elections Results Heather VanCura 2013-10-29T16:10:48+00:00 2013-10-29T20:08:57+00:00
 The 2013 Fall Executive Committee (EC) Elections process is now complete.

 Congratulations to the following JCP Members as the new and re-elected EC Members!

We had a slight increase in JCP Member voter turnout at ~25% (up from 24% in 2012). All Ratified candidates and the top eight Elected candidates were elected by the JCP Membership. As part of the transition to a merged EC, Members elected in 2013 are ranked to determine whether their initial term will be one or two years. The 50% of Ratified and 50% of Elected members who receive the most votes will serve an initial two-year term, while all others will serve an initial one year term (details below).

 Ratified Seats: Credit Suisse, Ericsson, Freescale, Fujitsu, Gemalto M2M, Goldman Sachs, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Intel, Nokia, Red Hat, SAP, SouJava, Software AG, TOTVS and V2COM.

 Open Election Seats: Eclipse Foundation, Twitter, London Java Community, CloudBees, ARM, Azul Systems, Werner Keil and MoroccoJUG.

 Newly elected EC Members take their seats on Tuesday, 12 November 2013. More information is available on the JCP Elections page.

Detailed Election Results

 Voting Period: 15 - 28 October 2013.

 Number of Eligible Voters: 1088
 Percent of Eligible Members Casting Votes: 24.77%

 Ratified Seats:

 Candidate	 Yes Votes (%)	 No Votes (%)	 Abstentions

 Credit Suisse (2year term)
	 196 (84)	 38 (16)	 36

 Ericsson (2 year term)
	 196 (88)	 27 (12)	 47

 Freescale (1 year term)
	 151 (74)	 53 (26)	 66

 Fujitsu (2 year term)
	 194 (87)	 29 (13)	 47

 Gemalto M2M (1 year term)
	 170 (80)	 42 (20)	 58

 Goldman Sachs (1 year term)
	 143 (64)	 80 (36)	 47

 Hewlett-Packard (2 year term)
	 191 (82)	 43 (18)	 36

 IBM (2 year term)
	 226 (91)	 22 (9)	 22

 Intel (2 year term)
	 214 (90)	 24 (10)	 32

 Nokia (1 year term)
	 139 (64)	 78 (36)	 53

 Red Hat (2 year term)
	 245 (95)	 12 (5)	 13

 SAP (1 year term)
	 166 (75)	 56 (25)	 48

 SouJava (2 year term)
	 226 (92)	 19 (8)	 25

 Software AG (1 year term)
	 167 (78)	 47 (22)	 56

 TOTVS (1 year term)
	 129 (69)	 59 (31)	 82

 V2COM (1 year term)
	 135 (71)	 54 (29)	 81

 Open Election Seats:
 The top eight candidates have been elected; the top four receive a two year term, and the next four receive a one year term.

 Candidate	 Votes (%)

 Eclipse Foundation (2 year term)
	 221 (14)

 Twitter (2 year term)
	 203 (13)

 London Java Community (2 year term)
	 191 (12)

 CloudBees (2 year term)
	 179 (11)

 ARM (1 year term)
	 176 (11)

 Azul Systems (1 year term)
	 166 (10)

 Werner Keil (1 year term)
	 128 (8)

 MoroccoJUG (1 year term)
	 93 (6)

 Karan Malhi	 56 (3)

 ChinaNanjingJUG	 51 (3)

 JUG Joglosemar	 47 (3)

 Viresh Wali	 45 (3)

 ITP_JAVA	 44 (3)

 None of the Above	 3 (0)

 https://blogs.oracle.com/jcp/entry/jsr_updates_october_2013 JSR updates - October 2013 Heather VanCura 2013-10-17T22:15:50+00:00 2013-10-17T22:15:50+00:00
A handful of JSRs have been making progress in the JCP program--Java SE, Java ME and Java EE JSRs. More to come in the next few weeks! Highlights and links to JSR material below.

JSR 337, Java SE 8 Release Contents, published an Early Draft Review.

JSR 351, Java Identity API, published an Early Draft Review.

JSR 360, Connected Limited Device Configuration (CLDC) 8, passed the EC Public Review Ballot with 21 yes votes.

JSR 361, Java ME Embedded Profile, passed the EC Public Review Ballot with 20 yes votes.

JSR 107, JCACHE-Java Temporary Caching API, published an update to their JSR Community Update Page. You can find schedule information (plans to submit Proposed Final Draft very soon), Adopt-a-JSR suggestions, and presentation material from JavaOne.

 https://blogs.oracle.com/jcp/entry/jcp_ec_ballot_open_for JCP EC Ballot Open for Voting Today Heather VanCura 2013-10-15T18:39:17+00:00 2013-10-15T18:39:17+00:00
The Java Community Process (JCP) program Executive Committee Election ballot is now open. The elections give JCP Members the opportunity to determine the EC members while continuing to help shape the future of Java technology. As a reminder, tesponsibilities of the JCP Executive Committee are as follows:

Select JSRs for development within the JCP (vote on all JSR Approval Ballots).

Approve draft specifications for Public Review (vote on all Public Review Ballots).

Give final approval to completed Specifications and their associated RIs and TCKs (vote on all Final Approval Ballots).

Review and approve maintenance releases (vote on all Maintenance Review Ballots).

Decide appeals of first-level TCK test challenges.

Approve transfer of maintenance duties between Members.

Provide guidance to the PMO and serve as Expert Group Members of JCP related process change JSRs (for example, JSRs 348, 355, 358).

 And the candidates appearing on the ballot today:

Ratified election seat candidates (16 candidates):

- Credit Suisse, represented by Susanne Cech Previtali
- Ericsson, represented by Christer Boberg
- Freescale, represented by Maulin Patel
- Fujitsu, represented by Hiroshi Yoshida
- Gemalto M2M, represented by Thomas Lampart
- Goldman Sachs, represented by John Weir
- Hewlett-Packard, represented by Scott Jameson
- IBM, represented by Ed Lynch
- Intel, represented by Anil Kumar
- Nokia, represented by Ben Wang
- Red Hat, represented by Mark Little
- SAP, represented by Steve Winkler
- Sociedade de Usuarios da Tecnologia Java - SouJava, represented by
 Bruno Ferreira de Souza
- Software AG, represented by Greg Luck
- TOTVS, represented by David Britto
- V2COM, represented by Leonardo de Moura Rocha Lima

Open election seat candidates (13 candidates for 8 open seats):

- ARM, represented by Zach Shelby
- Azul Systems, represented by Gil Tene
- ChinaNanjingJUG, represented by Tang Yong
- CloudBees, represented by Steven Harris
- Eclipse Foundation, represented by Mike Milinkovich
- ITP_JAVA, represented by Jose Diaz
- JUG Joglosemar, represented by Yosi Pramajaya
- Werner Keil
- London Java Community, represented by Ben Evans
- Karan Malhi
- MoroccoJUG, represented by Mohamed Taman
- Twitter, represented by Chris Aniszczyk
- Viresh Wali

The candidates' profiles and positioning statements are available, as well as the recording of the "Meet the Executive Committee Candidates" call recording to assist and inform voting selections. The 2013 Executive Committee statistics on voting and participation are also available on JCP.org.

Don't miss your chance to shape the future of Java--vote today! The ballot will be open until 28 October, with results available on 29 October.

 https://blogs.oracle.com/jcp/entry/meet_the_ec_candidate_call Meet the EC Candidate Call Recording Heather VanCura 2013-10-14T19:41:31+00:00 2013-10-14T19:41:31+00:00
On Thursday, 10 October, the JCP hosted a Meet the EC Candidates call for Java Community members. The recording and materials are now available on JCP.org (audio file); all nominee information is available on the JCP.org 2013 EC Nominees page to follow along with the recording.

As you may recall from the previous blog entry, this year as part of the JCP.Next effort of the JCP EC Merge (and as defined in the Appendix B of the JCP 2.9 Process Document), all of the ratified and elected seats are up for election. Three Ratified and two Elected Seats will be eliminated, reducing the EC to a total of 25 members - 16 Ratified Seats, 8 Elected Seats and one permanent seat held by Oracle. We have 16 ratified candidates and 13 elected candidates (8 open seats); a summary of the candidates that you can hear from on the Meet the EC Candidates call:

16 Ratified candidates: Credit Suisse, Ericsson, Freescale, Fujitsu, Gemalto M2M, Goldman Sachs, HP, IBM, Intel, Nokia (did not attend call), RedHat, SAP, SouJava, Software AG, TOTVS (did not attend call), V2COM;

13 Elected candidates: ARM, Azul, ChinaNanjingJUG (did not attend call, but sent statement), CloudBees, Eclipse, ITP_Java JUG (did not attend call), JUG Joglosemar, London Java Community, Karan Malhi (did not attend call), Werner Keil, Morocco JUG (did not attend call), Twitter, Viresh Wali (did not attend call).

The 2013 EC Election ballot will open tomorrow for JCP Members to cast their votes, which will determine the JCP EC Members for the 2013 term. The ballot remain open until 28 October at midnight PDT, and the results of the election will be published on 29 October.

 JCP Members, please take this opportunity you have to influence the members of the EC! https://blogs.oracle.com/jcp/entry/meet_the_ec_candidates_call Meet the EC Candidates Call Scheduled for October 10 Heather VanCura 2013-10-07T13:57:05+00:00 2013-10-07T20:33:59+00:00
The 2013 Java Community Process (JCP) program Executive Committee (EC) nominations process has closed. The ballot will open next Tuesday, but the nomination materials for all of the candidates have been posted on JCP.org and we will have a 'Meet the Candidates' call this Thursday, 10 October at 9:30 AM PDT. This year as part of the JCP.Next effort of the JCP EC Merge (and as defined in the Appendix B of the JCP 2.9 Process Document) all of the ratified and elected seats are up for election. Three Ratified and two Elected Seats will be eliminated, reducing the EC to a total of 25 members - 16 Ratified Seats, 8 Elected Seats and one permanent seat held by Oracle. And the candidates this year are...

16 Ratified candidates: Credit Suisse, Ericsson, Freescale, Fujitsu, Gemalto M2M, Goldman Sachs, HP, IBM, Intel, Nokia, RedHat, SAP, SouJava, Software AG, TOTVS, V2COM;

13 Elected candidates: ARM, Azul, ChinaNanjingJUG, CloudBees, Eclipse, ITP_Java JUG, JUG Joglosemar, London Java Community, Karan Malhi, Werner Keil, Morocco JUG, Twitter, Viresh Wali.
Please join us on Thursday to meet the candidates--the recording will be available on JCP.org multimedia page if you cannot attend live. Meeting details below.

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Topic: 2013 Meet the Candidates Call
Date: Thursday, October 10, 2013
Time: 9:30 am, Pacific Daylight Time (San Francisco, GMT-07:00)
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 https://blogs.oracle.com/jcp/entry/11th_annual_jcp_program_award 11th Annual JCP Program Award Winners Heather VanCura 2013-10-03T02:51:06+00:00 2013-10-03T18:02:43+00:00
 Congratulations to the winners of the 11th Annual JCP Program Awards! The winners are posted on JCP.org, where you can read the nomination text and more information about the awards and all of the esteemed nominees. The community gets together every year during JavaOne to congratulate the nominees at the annual JCP Community Party--this year the JCP party was held at the the Hilton San Francisco, Cityscape (top of the Hilton Hotel in Union Square), overlooking the San Francisco Bay with panoramic views of the Golden Gate and East Bay bridges. There were a plethora of networking opportunities, food, drinks, the Java Community Band, Duke photo opportunities, door prizes, a raffle and a Java EE 7 book signing (pics on Flickr).

 This year there were four award categories (added a new awards category for Adopt-a-JSR program participants): Member of the Year, Outstanding Spec Lead, Most Significant JSR, and Outstanding Adopt-a-JSR Participant (new category!). Many community members submitted nominations, and the JCP Executive Committee voted to determine the winners of the awards.

The room was full of good cheer, playful humor, a music band of Java developers, and enthusiastic appreciation of much that has been accomplished on behalf of Java technology in the previous year.

The winners in their respective categories were:

 JCP Member/Participant of the Year: Azul Systems, Gil Tene

Azul System's Gil Tene was recognized for " working diligently to provide clear advice on matters of Software Patents, IP and licensing that seeks to benefit both non-profits/individuals etc as well as organizations with vested commercial interests in Java. It's not easy delving into the depths of the legal aspects and the potential impacts of changes to the JCP, but with help from folks like Gil we're hopeful for a solid and fair outcome."

Tene characterized his approach to the JCP as follows: "I represent Azul Systems on the JCP EC, but I try to apply an approach of 'do the right thing first' in my choices and positions. Coming from a small company that depends on Java and its ecosystem for its livelihood, I see my role as representing the interests of an entire sector of non-big-company commercial folks and of individual and professional developers out there, and providing some offset and balance to the normal mix of such boards."

Outstanding Spec Lead: Brian Goetz, Oracle

Brian Goetz, graciously accepted his award, "For tirelessly working away at an incredibly complex JSR - JSR 335, Lambda Expressions for the Java Programming Language. From a community point of view, we've appreciated his willingness to listen and consider ideas from other technologists as well as spending time with groups of developers to understand the impact of Lambdas on Java."

Goetz offered a statement in response to the award for his leadership in creating Lambda Expressions for the Java Language, which also won for most significant JSR. He said that lambdas, "represent a coordinated co-evolution of the Java SE platform, including the VM, language, and core libraries to provide developers with a powerful upgrade -- quite likely the largest ever -- to the Java SE programming model. We started this JSR in early 2010, but the topic of closures-in-Java had already been in play in the community for many years prior, and, of course, there was a broad diversity of opinions as to what direction, how far, and how fast to evolve the Java programming model. In the end, the most significant dimension of the challenge turned out to be: how do we integrate these new features in the language and libraries without them feeling grafted on after-the-fact. I think developers will find programming with this 'new and improved Java' to be a very pleasant experience -- I know I have."

Most Significant JSR: JSR 335, Lambda Expressions for the Java Programming Language

JSR 335, Lambda Expressions for the Java Programming Language, efforts were praised, "This brings Java kicking and screaming into the modern programming language age and is seen as a catalyst for the second age of Java. It's underlying discoveries and improvements with regards to Type Inference has also resulted in a stronger JVM for all."

Spec lead Brian Goetz, in picking up the award, remarked, "This is something we've been working on for three-and-a-half-years and it's nice to be looking at it through the rear-view mirror."

Outstanding Adopt-a-JSR Participant: Morocco JUG and EGJUG, Mohamed Taman, Faissal Boutaounte

The winner was Morocco JUG and EGJUG, Mohamed Taman, and Faissal Boutaounte, who were lauded , "For adopting JSR 339, JAX-RS 2.0 specification, along with many other JSRs. One JIRA issue filed by Morocco JUG on JSR 339 was classified as a 'release-stopper'. A quick JIRA search using the 'adoptajsr' tag shows that most of the JIRA issues have been created by MoroccoJUG members. Several presentations and source code have been organized by these groups. Mohamed presented sessions about the upcoming technologies to widen the range of users in the future, especially Java EE 7 JSRs and spreading of community progress and contributions that make us encouraged to participate. Mohamed sent a clear message that Africa is here and is full of talented people who are willing to take it to the next level. Mohamed was responsible for translating an Arabic Adopt-s-JSR web page to allow more Arabs to participate."

Taman accepted the award and said "Currently, I hold two positions, one as a Business Solutions Systems Architect and design supervisor and Java Team leader, at a big financial services company in Egypt, which affects all the country by building solutions affecting Egyptians every day, by providing more facilities for businesses and enhancing the economy… I am passionate about Java. I really love it and have fun coding, and love seeing it grow, day by day, as if it were my kid."

Congratulations again to all of the JCP Program Award Nominees and Winners, as well as the attendees of the annual JCP party-- you are truly the best of the best!

 https://blogs.oracle.com/jcp/entry/jcp_related_sessions_at_javaone JCP-related sessions at JavaOne 2013 Heather VanCura 2013-09-18T03:46:04+00:00 2013-09-18T17:08:14+00:00
 As promised in my earlier post regarding the upcoming JavaOne Conference in San Francisco, below is a more complete (although not exhaustively comprehensive or official) list of JCP-related sessions happening during the week. A big 'thank you' to those who contributed their sessions to help build the list! There is something for everyone, drawing from Java EE, Java SE and Java ME JSR standards. If I missed something, please utilize the comments section below.

Add the sessions of interest to you to Schedule Builder, in advance of the start of the conference, to ensure your spot at your preferred sessions.

Saturday, Java University sessions include:

Getting Started with the Java EE 7 New Features with Eduardo Moranchel and Edgar Martinez.

JSF from a New Perspective: JSF 2.2, HTML5, Bean Validation 1.1, EL 3.0, JPA 2.1 with Ed Burns and Oliver Szymanski.

Java Performance Tuning with Ben Evans.

Using Java 7 & 8 Features in your code with Martijn Verburg and Richard Warburton.

Sunday, Java User Group Sunday, sessions led by JUG members and leaders:

8:00-9:00 am UGF10329: Introduction to Java 7 and 8: JVM, Language, and Platform.

9:15-11:15 am UGF9871: GlassFish Community: The Foundation for Opportunity.

10:30-11:30 am UGF10520: Java 8: The Good Parts

 12:00-3:00 pm KEY11050 Java Strategy and Technical Keynotes.

4:45-5:45 pm UGF10363: OpenJDK and JCP: Success Through Contribution.

6:00-7:00 pm UGF10364 & UGF10365: JCP Community Meeting, Part 1 & 2 (aka JCP Public EC Meeting).

Monday

8:30-9:30 am CON10175: Java Caching (JSR 107): The State of the Union, with Spec Leads Greg Luck and Brian Oliver.

10:00-11:00 am CON3241 It Takes a Community, with Dalibor Topic, Donald Smith and Iris Clark.

10:00-11:00 am CON5919: Easier Messaging with JMS 2.0, with JSR 343 Spec Lead Nigel Deakin.

11:30-12:30 pm CON1861: Enhanced Metadata in Java SE 8, with JSR 308 Spec Leads Alex Buckley, Michael Ernst, and Joe Darcy.

11:30-12:30 pm CON4951: CLDC 8: New Features and Opportunities for the Small Java Core Libraries, with JSR 360 Spec Lead, Michael Lagally.

11:30-12:30 pm CON7292: Three Key Concepts for Understanding JSR 352: Batch Applications for the Java Platform, with Expert Group Member, Timothy Fanelli.

 11:30-12:30 pm CON3733: JSR 341: Expression Language 3.0, with Spec Lead, Kin-Man Chung.

11:30-12:30 pm CON6617: Java EE 7: What's New in the Java EE Platform, with JSR 342 Spec Leads, Bill Shannon and Linda DeMichiel.

11:30-12:30 pm CON3436: Inside the Java WebSocket API, with JSR 356 Spec Lead, Danny Coward.

1:00-2:00 pm CON6064: Introducing the Java Time API in JDK 8, with JSR 310 Spec Leads, Roger Riggs and Stephen Colebourne.

3:00-4:00 pm CON4667: JCP.Next Panel Discussion, with JCP Chair, Patrick Curran and EC members, Ben Evans, Scott Jameson, Mike Milinkovich and Bruno Souza.

6:00 pm 11th Annual JCP Party and Awards Ceremony!!

Tuesday

8:30-9:30 am CON3294: JSF 2.2 New Features in Context, with JSR 344 Spec Leads, Ed Burns and Roger Kitain.

10:00-11:00 am CON7941: Lambda: A Peek Under the Hood, with JSR 335 Spec Lead, Brian Goetz.

10:00-11:00 am CON1924: Seven Deadly Sins, with JSR 342 Expert Group Member, Markus Eisele.

11:30-12:30 am CON9732: The Modular Java Platform and Project Jigsaw, with Java Architect, Mark Reinhold.

1:00-2:00 pm CON6700: Java Persistence 2.1, with JSR 338 Spec Lead, Linda DeMichiel.

3:00-4:00 pm CON7950: Transcending Enterprise Identity with the Java Identity API, with JSR 351 Spec Lead, Ron Monzillo.

3:00-4:00 pm CON7759: Enterprise JavaBeans 3.2 with Examples, with JSR 345 Spec Lead, Marina Vatkina and Expert Group Member, David Blevins.

 3:00-4:00 pm CON4510: Fifty New Features of Java EE 7 in 50 Minutes, with Java EE Evangelist, Arun Gupta and JSR 342 Expert Group Member, Antonio Goncalves.

4:30-5;15 pm BOF2795: Meet the Java EE Specification Leads, with the Java EE 7 JSR Spec Leads.

6:30-7:15 pm BOF5267: Money and Currency in Java: Best Practices, Libraries, and JSR 354, with Spec Lead, Anatole Tresch, and Expert Group Member, Stephen Colebourne.

7:30 - 8:15 pm BOF4672: Meet the JCP Executive Committee, with the Nominees of the 2013 JCP EC Elections.

8:30-9:15 pm BOF3884: Adopt-a-JSR Workshop, with Martijn Verburg, Brouno Souza and Heather VanCura.

Wednesday

8:30-9:30 am CON4179: Where Next with OpenJDK Community Build and Test?, with Stuart Marks, Martijn Verburg, Ben Evans, Steve Poole, and Richard Warburton.

8:30-9:30 am CON7809: What's New in Portlet 3.0 and JSF 2.2, with JSR 344 Spec Lead, Ed Burns and JSR 362 Expert Group Member, Neil Griffin.

10:00-11:00 am CON7942: Java 8 Streams: Lambda in Top Gear, with JSR 335 Spec Lead, Brian Goetz and Paul Sandoz.

10:00-12:00 pm TUT1805: Build.now(); True Real-Time Applications with Java EE 7 (A Hack Session), with JCP Member, Mohamed Taman.

11:30-12:30 pm CON:3368: Bean Validation: What Does It Look Like in Practice?, with JSR 349 Spec Lead, Emmanuel Bernard.

 1:00-2:00 pm CON6091: Converting to the New Date and Time API in JDK 8, with JSR 310 Spec Leads, Roger Riggs and Stephen Colebourne.

1:00-2:00 pm CON7731: JSR 353: JSON Processing API in Action, with Spec Lead, Jitu Kotomraju.

3:00-4:00 pm CON9783: Ask the JDK Architects, with John Rose, Brian Goetz, Mikael Vidstedt, and Mark Reinhold.

3:00-4:00 pm CON5356: Finally, JAX-RS 2.0 Is Final: A New Standard in RESTful Web Services Development, with JSR 339 Spec Leads, Santiago Pericas Geertsen and Marek Potociar.

Thursday

9:00-10:30 am KEY11027: Community Keynote.

12:00-1:30 pm CON7948: JSR 236: Introduction to Concurrency Utilities for Java EE 1.0, with Spec Lead, Anthony Lai and Expert Group Member, Fred Rowe.

3:30pm-4:30 pm CON2406: Java EE 8 and Beyond, with representatives from IBM, RedHat, Apache Foundation, Oracle, and Antonio Goncalves.

4:30 pm It's s Wrap Party!

 https://blogs.oracle.com/jcp/entry/jcp_ec_nominations_now_open JCP EC Nominations Now Open! Heather VanCura 2013-09-13T21:03:14+00:00 2013-09-13T21:03:14+00:00
Nominations for the 2013 JCP Executive Committee (EC) are now open! This year will be an exciting election since the current EC Members and any prospective new EC Members will run for election--24 EC seats will be ratified or elected by the JCP Program Membership. Exact details for nomination submissions are available on the JCP EC Elections page.

The JCP will accept self-nominations for the 8 Elected Seats through 26 September. JCP Members (JSPA 2 Primary Contacts) should have received messages with instructions for nominating and their login credentials via email today. You will need this credential information to login and complete the nomination.

The ballot with nominees for Ratified and Elected seats will be open from 15 October until 28 October. The results will be available on jcp.org on 29 October.

Please plan to attend the JCP BoF session at JavaOne as well as the Meet the Candidates call (Thursday, 10 October at 9:30 AM PDT). We will primarily highlight the elected (vs ratified) candidates at the "Meet the JCP Executive Committee Candidates" (Session ID: BOF4672) at JavaOne on the 24 September at the Hilton in San Francisco (JavaOne Conference pass required). These are both great opportunities for the candidates to present their qualification statements to the eligible voters.

I will be highlighting nominations as they come in on Twitter (@jcp_org), and am looking forward to seeing many JCP members step forward in this nomination process!


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Prices are insane in this place. They were $10 MORE for a bomber of beer than a place right down the road from them. This was a 100% profit margin, as my buddy is a beer rep. I know what they cost. When I questioned the owner he said if I didn't pay it, someone else would. He was as arrogant as people on here have said he is. I will never spend a dime here even though I go right by it a few times a week. Anyone who pays his prices is selling their soul for beer and should be ashamed of themselves.
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This is another one of my regular stops when I go on Jersey beer runs. They have a small selection of American craft and Belgian beers but nothing too exceptional. The prices are cheap(the hest prices anywhere even close for Deus) but nobody really knows anything about beer and what they have is limited in quantity. They used to have a larger selection of harder to come by beers and gift packs but recently this is not the case. The standard Avery, Great Divide, locals and Belgian beers. Beyond that there isn't much to speak of. Okay i guess if you're in a pinch and need a bomber or six pack but otherwise not much to talk about.
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fairly exceptional beer selection for the area: one of the few places I've found around South Jersey that routinely carries all current and seasonal Brooklyn Beers (just notable, doesn't make the place amazing), an above average assortment of pan-European brews, and the standard choices of regional offerings. They do happen to have decent singles available like Schlenkerla and Dogfish Head's uber-alco-jacked experiments.
there's a Dunkin' Donuts inside the store (once again, just notable)
Their prices across the board, I feel, are slightly more expensive than the majority stores around here, due in part, I could only guess, to the affluent areas it sits between. I once casually looked down on the bottom shelf an spied several six-packs of EKU 28 for only $12.99! The moment this computed in my brain (good deal!), a gentleman pulled up with his shopping cart and promptly loaded all 4 six-packs in and sped away. Next week it was $17.99 (exception to the norm). Worth a look, at any rate, if you're near.
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Location: Kihei, Maui, Hawaii on the Sunny South Shore. Only 25
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Hue Jackson
One successful NFL season at the 'Coordinator' level... in three tries
No Head Coaching experience at any level
The greatest advantage for the Broncos on Monday Night is that they don't have Raiders management and coaching. I'm not going to beat up on Al Davis too much here, not because he doesn't deserve it, but because there's just not much more any of can say that we don't already know. I'm also not going to spend this post talking about Tom Cable, or why the Raiders decided to fire the only Captain that didn't crash the Raider Ship into the rocks in the last decade. We all know that Cable was a loose cannon, but also that the team finally improved on the field and in the draft during his short tenure. Yet, he was canned. Whatever... Moving on..
Here's something you might have guessed, but probably never knew... There have been a couple really bad decisions in deciding the top of the new coaching tree. Sure, Al Davis runs the show, but Oakland would at least have hope had they hired a good HC candidate that was strong on one side of the ball and who hired a strong Coordinator on the other side of the ball. But remember, folks... this is the Oakland Raiders we're talking about.Head Coach:
Newbie Raiders Head Coach Hue Jackson has held just two coaching positions in the NFL that were higher than that of position coach. In each of the two cases, he lasted for just a single year as OC (first with the Redskins, then with the Falcons). In both cases, the offense he was responsible for regressed and he was sent packing at the end of the first year. After being fired each time, he had to take a demotion with a new team as a position coach again.
2010 was his third try at becoming an offensive coordinator, and it was also just his third collective year in that position at the NFL level. The Raiders offense was successful in 2010. So that makes him 1 for 3 as a coordinator. Naturally, there was only one decision to make here... promote this MF to Head Coach immediately! After all, he did run a successful NFL offense once.
Just to be clear here, I'm not nit picking this guy's resume and keeping out the good stuff to make him look bad. He's been coaching in the NFL since 2001, and his only success at anything above that of position coach was when he was last year's OC for the improved Raiders. Hue Jackson has no experience at being a Head Coach at any level of football either.
This guy failed at two attempts in being a coordinator and was fired each time after just a year. His third attempt is successful for the Oakland offense - for just one time, one year, ever - and it just happens to be at the same time Oakland also made massive improvements in the draft and on defense as well. Is it really so unlikely that it was the HC responsible for these successes - you know, instead of this two-time failure?
Coaching a particular position exclusively is a different skill set than it takes to manage an entire unit. This guy failed at that management level two of three times. Now he finds a golden egg in his third try, gets all the credit and is immediately promoted to manage an entire team. I just don't know how many other ways you can spell... stupid. OK, moving on..
Defensive Coordinator:
So, what's the first order of business for an inexperienced, rookie Head Coach - one with absolutely zero defensive coaching experience? Well, you replace your defensive coordinator, of course. I mean, obviously.
John Marshall was the defensive coordinator for the Raiders for two years, 2009-2010. In that short amount of time, he took over a 27th ranked Oakland Defense, and he left them with an 11th ranked unit. So again, pretty easy decision to Donald Trump this guy, right? And here's the next obvious and easy call: When looking for a replacement DC to help out your HC who has no defensive experience, you certainly don't want to look at hiring someone who's actually had success in the position they're now being hired for. Again, that's just common sense, right? Enter Chuck Bresnahan.
This guy Chuck, brand new DC for the Oakland Raiders, got his first NFL coordinator position in 2000, and it was with the Oakland Raiders. Man, you just can't make this stuff up. So this guy takes over a 10th ranked defense and spends four years there, giving them rankings of 17th, 18th, 11th and 30th. Sure, it's Al Davis he was working for, but it was still a very good offense and a 10th ranked defense that he toileted.
So Bresnahan gets fired and goes to Cincinnati where he takes an assistant job for a year, then he gets promoted back up to being a defensive coordinator the following year, 2005. This time, Chuck takes over a Bengals team that ranked 19th in defense. So now he proceeds to wreck this defense, too - taking the Bengals to rankings of 28th, 30th, and then 27th in 2007.There is no Al Davis to blame this time.
Chuck was a DC in Cinci during the era of QB Carson Palmer and HC Marvin Lewis - when they were still very good. The Bengals offense ranked top-ten all three years Bresnahan was there, but it was still Chuck's defense that lost the Bengals a playoff game after an 11 win season, and his defense also prevented them from getting into the playoffs the other two years.
Chuck Bresnahan got fired and ended up taking a year off from coaching. He returned in 2009 as a lowly linebacker coach for the Florida Tuskers. He became their DC in 2010. And now, naturally, he's been hired to be the defensive coordinator back in Oakland - to run the whole show on for that unit, for a coach that's never coached defense in his life.
Of these two guys that now run the Oakland Raiders, they combine for a collective one successful season as a Coordinator out of ten tries. Both have failed at the coordinator position in epic fashion, and neither has ever managed a team at any level. The HC has no defensive coaching experience what so ever, and the defensive coordinator has never been successful coaching an NFL defense. Like I said, you just can't make this stuff up. This management structure is set up for epic failure. And it's the greatest advantage the Broncos will have on Monday Night - greater than the VonDooom phenomenon even.