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

SouJava
Company typeNonprofit, NGO
IndustryInformation Technology and Services
FoundedSeptember 1999 (1999-09)
FoundersBruno Souza (JavaMan)
Fabio Velloso
Einar Saukas
Jefferson Floyd Konz
Alexei Znamensky
Fabiane Nardon
Headquarters
Sao Paulo, SP
,
Brazil
Websitehttp://soujava.org.br/

History

Brazilian Java User Group SouJava was founded in September 1999[3][4] by Bruno Souza (JavaMan), Fabio Velloso, Einar Saukas, Jefferson Floyd Konz, Alexei Znamensky, and Fabiane Nardon. It's a nonprofit Non-governmental organization supported by volunteer work, quite known by the engagement of its members.

SouJava organizes several Java conferences in Brazil[5], and it's considered a major influence on the adoption of open source by the Brazilian government.[6][7] It's also the co-creator of "Adopt a JSR" program[8][9], together with London Java User Group.

In 2011, SouJava became the first Java User Group nominated for the Java Community Process Executive Commitee[10], as Java Community Process Expert Group Member. The following year, it was awarded as Java Community Process Member/Participant of the Year.[11]

SouJava is located in Sao Paulo, with additional branches in Campinas and Rio de Janeiro. Besides original co-founders Bruno Souza (JavaMan) and Fabio Velloso, currently most proeminent SouJava leaders are Thomas Modeneis, Yara Senger, Mauricio Leal (Maltron), Fabio Velloso, Vinicius Senger, and Otavio Santana.

Leadership

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

Honors and Awards

References

  1. ^ Simon_Phipps_(programmer) (April 14, 2005). "Brazil - the Global Java Leader?". Java.net. Retrieved June 14, 2015. 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
  2. ^ JavaOne (December 6, 2012). "JavaOne Conference: SOUJava recognized around the world as the largest JUG with 40000 members". JavaOne. Retrieved June 14, 2015. SOUJava recognized around the world as the largest JUG with 40000 members
  3. ^ Bruno Souza (December 31, 2002). "Java User's Groups no Brasil". Bruno Souza. Retrieved June 14, 2015. Sociedade de Usuarios Java - SouJava ... Fundacao: Setembro de 1999
  4. ^ Java Magazine. "A História da Tecnologia Java - Easy Java Magazine 1". Java Magazine. Retrieved June 14, 2015. Ano: 1999 ... No Brasil: Fundado o SouJava. Em pouco tempo, o SouJava e o DFJUG se tornam os maiores grupos de usuários Java do mundo.
  5. ^ SouJava (March 22, 2002). "JustJava 2012". SouJava. Retrieved June 14, 2015. O JustJava tem sido, desde o ano 2000, o principal evento independente sobre a tecnologia Java no Brasil. Organizado pela Sociedade de Usuários da Tecnologia Java, SouJava, com a realização da Sociedade de Usuários de Informática e Telecomunicações – Sucesu-SP, o JustJava trazendo sempre os últimos acontecimentos e tendências da tecnologia Java.
  6. ^ O'Reilly (April 20, 2006). "OSI Board of Directors". OSI. Retrieved June 14, 2015. Bruno is President of SouJava, Brazil's largest JUG, were 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 positivelly influenced the adoption of open source in Brazil.
  7. ^ O'Reilly (May 5, 2008). "Open Sources 2.0/List of Contributors". O'Reilly. Retrieved June 14, 2015. Bruno is president of SouJava, Brazil's largest Java User Group, where he has led the group's Javali Project, an ambitious umbrella project that hosts 10 large open source projects. Javali, which 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 SouJava's Open Source Manifest, which discusses open source and open standards as the way to correctly apply and succeed with open source in Brazil. The document positively influenced the adoption of open source in Brazil.
  8. ^ Java Community Process (January 10, 2012). "Adopt a JSR: How JUGs Can Help" (PDF). Java Community Process. Retrieved June 14, 2015. SouJava's Adopt a JSR Effort
  9. ^ SouJava (June 9, 2013). "Adopt a JSR". SouJava. Retrieved June 14, 2015. A Adopt a JSR é uma iniciativa internacional criada pela London Java Community e pelo SouJava, os dois Grupos de Usuários Java que fazem parte do Comitê Executivo (EC) do Java Community Process (JCP).
  10. ^ Henrik Stahl, VP of Product Management in the Java Platform Group at Oracle (January 24, 2011). "Oracle Nominates Bruno Souza of SouJava to JCP EC". Oracle. Retrieved June 14, 2015. Oracle is nominating SouJava, the Brazilian Java User Group, to a seat in the JCP Executive Committee.
  11. ^ Java Community Process (October 4, 2012). "JavaOne 2012 JCP Wrap-Up: Platform Evolution and JCP Enthusiasm". Java Community Process. Retrieved June 14, 2015. Bruno Souza of SouJava in Brasil, JCP Award Member/Participant of the Year co-winners with the London Java Community
  12. ^ Java Community Process (October 4, 2012). "Meet Bruno Souza and Juggy – A Couple of October's Most Interesting Developers". Jelastic. Retrieved June 14, 2015. 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.
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