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The JCP Program Announced the Winners of Its 6th Annual Awards
Recognizing excellence in Java standards development and innovation

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The JCP Program Management Office has announced the winners of the 2008 JCP Program Awards. The awards ceremony took place at the Spec Leads Dinner organized by the JCP at the 2008 JavaOne Conference.

Since its launch in 1998 as the open, inclusive process to develop and revise Java technology specifications, reference implementations, and technology compatibility kits, the Java Community Process program has fostered the evolution of the Java platform in cooperation with the international Java developer community. The JCP has over 1,400 corporate and individual participants; more than 300 Java technology specifications are in development in the JCP program out of which 55% are in final stages.

The winners of the 2008 JCP Program Awards are:

Member of the Year
Apache Software Foundation (ASF)

Participant of the Year
Patrick Curran

Most Outstanding Spec Lead for Java SE/EE
Stefan Hepper for JSR 286, Portlet Specification 2.0

Most Innovative JSR for Java SE/EE
JSR 294, Improved Modularity Support in the Java Programming Language

Most Outstanding Spec Lead for Java ME
Jaana Majakangas for JSR 293, Location API 2.0

Most Innovative JSR for Java ME
JSR 290, Java Language & XML User Interface Markup Integration

The JCP introduced the Annual Awards six years ago to recognize excellence in Java standards development and innovation. For more information about the awards categories and this year's winners and nominees, visit http://jcp.org. To learn about the previous editions' honorees, go to http://jcp.org/en/press/news/awards/awards_main.

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