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|date = April 16, 2006
|publisher=[[Jonathan I. Schwartz]]
|quote = 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.}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=July 2015}} and engagement of its members{{citation needed|date=July 2015}}. 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'')<ref name="mail"/> but quickly migrated to a more formal model as membership grew rapidly. In November 28, 2004, '''SouJava''' acquired [[Non-Governmental Organization]] status<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://java.net/projects/soujava/lists/equipe-brasilia/archive/2005-08/message/9
|title = Proxima reunião/tutorial
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