SouJava explained

Type:Nonprofit, NGO
Founders:Bruno Souza (JavaMan)
Einar Saukas
Location City:Sao Paulo
Location Country:Brazil
Industry:Information Technology and Services
Homepage:http://soujava.org.br/

SouJava is a Brazilian Java User Group created to promote the Java programming language and other Open Source initiatives.[1] It's recognized as the world's largest Java User Group[2] [3] with 40,000 members.[4] [5]

History

Brazilian Java User Group SouJava was founded in September 1999[6] [7] by Bruno Souza (JavaMan) and Einar Saukas. It was first registered officially as a technology group in Sucesu-SP (association of technology groups in Brazil[8]), then later publicly announced in a press conference at October 29, 1999.[9] The name (also spelled as SOUJava[4]) is an acronym for "Sociedade de Usuarios Java" ("Java Users Society"), and "Sou Java" also means "I'm Java" in Portuguese.[10]

Since the beginning, SouJava has always been a nonprofit organization supported by volunteer work, quite known by the enthusiasm of its members.[11] [12] [13] It initially had a flat management structure (President and VP were originally Director and Associate Director in the original announcement press release, everybody else were simply referred as "members" except for a Technical Coordinator)[9] but quickly migrated to a more formal model as membership grew rapidly. On November 28, 2004, SouJava acquired Non-Governmental Organization status[14] upon reaching almost 18,000 members and got recognized as the world's largest Java User Group.

In 2011, SouJava became the first Java User Group nominated for the Java Community Process Executive Committee,[15] [16] as Java Community Process Expert Group Member. The following year, it was awarded as Java Community Process Member/Participant of the Year.[17]

Over the years, SouJava has organized several Java conferences in Brazil,[1] [15] [18] and it helped influence the adoption of open source by the Brazilian government [15] [19] [20] (mainly by leading an open standards and platforms manifesto,[21] organizing Javali at FISL,[22] and working together with the Brazilian Federal Government's Information Technology National Institute [23] [24]), which in turn forced Sun Microsystems to open-source Java.[25] [26] It's also the co-creator, together with London Java User Group, of "Adopt a JSR" program, an effort to encourage JUG members and the wider Java community to get involved in JSRs[27] [28] [29] [30]

SouJava is headquartered in Sao Paulo, with branches in Campinas,[31] Rio de Janeiro and Brasilia.[32]

Leadership

Executive leadership positions are voluntary and unpaid, elected by the director's board. SouJava mandates are listed below:

Honors and awards

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sobre SouJava. June 14, 2015 . SouJava. SouJava. Portuguese.
  2. Web site: Brazil - the Global Java Leader? . June 14, 2015 . . April 14, 2005 . . To give you an idea of the strength of the Java community in Brazil, the world's largest Java User Group is based there. The Sociedade de Usuarios Java, "SouJava" boasts almost 18,000 members and has now spread from its original base in Sao Paulo to be a national organisation . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150703234504/https://weblogs.java.net/blog/webmink/archive/2005/04/brazil_the_glob.html . July 3, 2015 .
  3. Web site: Looking back, Looking ahead. June 14, 2015 . Onno Kluyt, JCP Chair. 2005. Java Community Process. What pleased me is that the Java Community has become more inclusive of the industries and geographies around the world as illustrated by SouJava's joining from Brasil (the world's largest JUG and the first JUG to join).
  4. Web site: JavaOne Conference: SOUJava recognized around the world as the largest JUG with 40000 members. June 14, 2015 . JavaOne. December 6, 2012. JavaOne. SOUJava recognized around the world as the largest JUG with 40000 members.
  5. Web site: JavaOne Press Panel - Community and Java SE. July 10, 2015 . Ben . Evans. October 1, 2014. InfoQ. the largest JUG worldwide is the Brazilian SouJava with 40000 members.
  6. Web site: Java User's Groups no Brasil. June 14, 2015 . December 31, 2002. Bruno. Souza. Bruno Souza (programmer). Bruno Souza. Portuguese.
  7. Web site: A História da Tecnologia Java - Easy Java Magazine 1. June 14, 2015. Bruno. Souza. Fabiane Biznella. Nardon. Serge. Rehem. Java Magazine. Portuguese.
  8. Web site: SUCESU-SP INSTITUCIONAL. July 2, 2015 . Sucesu-SP. Sucesu-SP. Portuguese.
  9. Web site: Lancamento "SouJava". June 30, 2015. Rogerio Moraes de. Aguiar. October 29, 1999. mail-archive.com. Portuguese.
  10. Web site: Brazil - the Global Java Leader? . June 14, 2015 . . April 14, 2005 . . The Sociedade de Usuarios Java, "SouJava" ... The name means "I Am Java" in Portuguese. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20150703234504/https://weblogs.java.net/blog/webmink/archive/2005/04/brazil_the_glob.html . July 3, 2015 .
  11. Web site: The Brazilian Effect. July 3, 2015 . Jonathan I. Schwartz. April 16, 2006. Jonathan I. Schwartz. I’ve given keynotes at Java One for many years, and one of the things I’ve grown to expect is what I’ll call the “Brazilian effect.” [...] I can confirm Brazil’s one of the more progressive nations in the world when it comes to the use of free and open source software. It’s got one of the largest, and most vibrant developer communities [this comment links to www.souvaja.org.br] [...] But whenever you mention Brazil or a Brazilian project, you have to watch out for the Brazilian effect, the total disruption of your speech by a contingent of flag waving (and wearing) Brazilians that, upon hearing their nation mentioned, break into hoots and hollers and whistles and applause. It takes a few minutes to die down, and the enthusiasm’s contagious..
  12. Web site: JavaOne - Day One Keynotes. July 9, 2015 . Bill Roth. May 9, 2007. SYS-CON Education. And it would not be a JavaOne without the obligatory reference to the excitable Brazilian programmers..
  13. Web site: JavaOne 2012 Report Part 1. July 9, 2015 . Peter Pilgrim. October 11, 2012. Peter Pilgrim. Brazilian are always in attendance at JavaOne USA. If you can’t beat them [for passion] then you might as well join them..
  14. Web site: Proxima reunião/tutorial. July 4, 2015. SouJava. August 15, 2005. SouJava. Portuguese. Agora, o SouJava, oficialmente a Associação de Usuários da Tecnologia Java, foi em 2004 o primeiro grupo de usuários Java do país a se tornar uma ONG.
  15. Web site: JCP Program and Industry Awards. July 5, 2015 . Java Community Process. 2011. Java Community Process.
  16. Web site: Oracle Nominates Bruno Souza of SouJava to JCP EC. June 14, 2015 . Henrik. Stahl. January 24, 2011. Oracle. Oracle is nominating SouJava, the Brazilian Java User Group, to a seat in the JCP Executive Committee..
  17. Web site: JavaOne 2012 JCP Wrap-Up: Platform Evolution and JCP Enthusiasm. June 14, 2015 . Java Community Process. October 4, 2012. Java Community Process. Bruno Souza of SouJava in Brasil, JCP Award Member/Participant of the Year co-winners with the London Java Community.
  18. Web site: JustJava 2012. June 14, 2015 . SouJava. March 22, 2002. SouJava. Portuguese.
  19. Web site: Brazilians to bring a strong open source voice to the JCP. July 6, 2015 . Floyd Marinescu. April 28, 2005. TheServerSide. Java user groups are often very informal, meeting once a month on various topics. Soujava does that but they are also almost a political action group in the sense that they share ideas and together they pursue those ideas. One of those ideas is around IP and software patents. At 17,000 members, they are an agent for change, both in their own country and in the java community at large. They've been advocating and educating the Brazilian continent on standards, open source, how patents play a role there basically helping the Brazilian continent. If you look at the debate going on inside Brazil, they are formulating a policy largely to find a position and a space for Brazil in the world economy as an IT center..
  20. Web site: OSI Board of Directors. June 14, 2015 . O'Reilly. April 20, 2006. OSI. Bruno is President of SouJava, Brazil's largest JUG, where he has led the group's Javali Project, an ambitious umbrella project that hosts 10 large open source projects. Javali, that includes a project to create an Open Source Java Runtime, is targeted to bring software development into Brazil's open source discussions. Bruno also co-authored the SouJava's Open Source Manifest that discussed Open Source and Open Standards as the way to correctly apply and succeed with Open Source in Brazil. The document was later used as basis for the open source initiatives of one of Brazil's largest development agency, and positively influenced the adoption of open source in Brazil..
  21. Web site: Desenvolvimento de Sistemas no Âmbito do Governo: Padrões e Multiplataforma. July 9, 2015. November 2002. SouJava. Portuguese.
  22. Web site: Javali - A Comunidade Java, Livre!. July 9, 2015. June 18, 2009. Software Livre Brasil. Portuguese.
  23. Web site: Projeto Javali Desenvolve TV-digital no Brasil. July 6, 2015. July 1, 2004. Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia da Informação. Portuguese.
  24. Web site: ITI Propõe Parceria para Incrementar Reconhecimento de Certificados Digitais. July 6, 2015 . August 29, 2007. Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia da Informação. Portuguese.
  25. Web site: South America Software Development: A Climate of Creativity. July 5, 2015 . Michael Swaine. February 2008. Dr Dobb's Journal. Who Ultimately forced Sun to open-source Java? Was it external pressure, either from Java developers or the open-source community? Or was it internal, perhaps a mandate from CEO Jonathan Schwartz? Answer: None of the above. According to Jonathan himself, it was Brazil..
  26. Web site: Sun Hits The BRICs. July 5, 2015 . Andy Patrizio. August 30, 2007. InternetNews . Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz admitted today that it was Brazil that forced Sun to open source Java..
  27. Web site: Adopt A JSR! . July 2, 2015 . November 4, 2011 . . JUG Leaders have started an 'Adopt a JSR' program for Java User Groups! This program is intended to encourage JUG members to get involved in a Java Specification Request (JSR) and to evangelize that JSR to their JUG and the wider Java community, in order to increase grass roots participation. . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160304202337/https://blogs.oracle.com/java/entry/adopt_a_jsr . March 4, 2016 .
  28. Web site: Adopt a JSR: How JUGs Can Help. June 14, 2015 . Java Community Process. January 10, 2012. Java Community Process. SouJava's Adopt a JSR Effort.
  29. Web site: Adopt a JSR. June 14, 2015 . SouJava. June 9, 2013. SouJava. Portuguese.
  30. Web site: The 11th JCP Annual Awards. July 2, 2015 . Java Community Process. 2013. Java Community Process. 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..
  31. Web site: SouJava Campinas. July 2, 2015 . SouJava. 2015. SouJava. Portuguese.
  32. Web site: Supporting JUGs. July 5, 2015 . JAZOO 08 The International Conference on Java Technology. June 2008. JAZOO 08 The International Conference on Java Technology. SouJava provides extensive services for developers and organizes some of the largest Java events in the continent. The first-ever JUG to be a JCP member, SouJava has subsidiaries in five large cities, including Sao Paulo, Rio and Brasilia..
  33. Web site: Meet Bruno Souza and Juggy – A Couple of October's Most Interesting Developers. June 14, 2015 . Java Community Process. October 4, 2012. Jelastic. SouJava was born. I wasn’t the first president (Einar Saukas was), but I was really the group’s evangelist at the time. I got to become president in early 2000, when the group started a movement to bridge the gap between the Java and the Open Source communities..
  34. Web site: The 10th JCP Annual Awards. July 2, 2015 . Java Community Process. 2012. Java Community Process. JCP Member/Participant of the Year: London Java Community and SouJava * Winner * For their historic contribution to the Adopt a JSR program and supporting Java developers through the JCP..
  35. Web site: The 11th JCP Annual Awards. July 5, 2015 . Java Community Process. 2013. Java Community Process. 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..
  36. Web site: The 12th JCP Annual Awards. July 5, 2015 . Java Community Process. 2014. Java Community Process. Bruno Souza - His value added to the participation in the EC discussions as well as his leadership of the SouJava JUG has brought more attention to other JUGs and inspired their increased participation..

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