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{{Infobox company
| name     =
| type     = [[Nonprofit organization|Nonprofit]], [[Non-governmental organization|NGO]]
| logo     = SouJava logo.jpg
| logo_size = 230px
| foundation       = {{Start date|1999|09}}
| founders          = [[Bruno Souza (programmer)|Bruno Souza]] (JavaMan)<br/>Einar Saukas
| location_city    = [[São Paulo]]
| location_country = Brazil
| industry         = Information Technology and Services
| homepage         = [http://soujava.org.br/ http://soujava.org.br/]
}}
'''SouJava''' is a Brazilian Java User Group created to promote the [[Java (programming language)|Java programming language]] and other Open Source initiatives.<ref name="SouJava">{{cite web
|url = http://soujava.org.br/sobre/
|title = Sobre SouJava
|accessdate =June 14, 2015 |author=SouJava
|date =
|publisher=SouJava
|language=Portuguese}}</ref> It's recognized as the world's largest Java User Group<ref name="Simon">{{cite web
|url         = https://weblogs.java.net/blog/webmink/archive/2005/04/brazil_the_glob.html
|title       = Brazil - the Global Java Leader?
|accessdate  = June 14, 2015
|author      = [[Simon Phipps (programmer)|Simon Phipps]]
|date        = April 14, 2005
|publisher   = [[Java.net]]
|quote       = 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
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20150703234504/https://weblogs.java.net/blog/webmink/archive/2005/04/brazil_the_glob.html
|archivedate = July 3, 2015
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url = https://jcp.org/en/press/news/2005Onno
|title = Looking back, Looking ahead
|accessdate =June 14, 2015 |author=Onno Kluyt, JCP Chair
|date = 2005
|publisher=Java Community Process
|quote = 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)
}}</ref> with 40,000 members.<ref name="ownaward"/><ref name="twit">{{cite web
|url = https://twitter.com/javaoneconf/status/276776820072927233
|title = JavaOne Conference: SOUJava recognized around the world as the largest JUG with 40000 members
|accessdate =June 14, 2015 |author=[[JavaOne]]
|date = December 6, 2012
|publisher=[[JavaOne]]
|quote=SOUJava recognized around the world as the largest JUG with 40000 members
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.infoq.com/news/2014/10/J12014PressPanelCommunity
|title = JavaOne Press Panel - Community and Java SE
|accessdate =July 10, 2015 |first= Ben |last=Evans
|date = October 1, 2014
|publisher=InfoQ
|quote=the largest JUG worldwide is the Brazilian SouJava with 40000 members
}}</ref>
== History ==
Brazilian Java User Group SouJava was founded in September 1999<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://javaman.com.br/jugs/
|title = Java User's Groups no Brasil
|accessdate =June 14, 2015
|date = December 31, 2002
|first=Bruno|last=Souza|authorlink=Bruno Souza (programmer)
|publisher=[[Bruno Souza (programmer)|Bruno Souza]]
|language=Portuguese
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.devmedia.com.br/a-historia-da-tecnologia-java-easy-java-magazine-1/18446
|title = A História da Tecnologia Java - Easy Java Magazine 1
|accessdate = June 14, 2015
|date =
|first1=Bruno|last1=Souza|first2=Fabiane Biznella|last2=Nardon|first3=Serge|last3=Rehem
|work=Java Magazine
|language=pt
}}</ref> by [[Bruno Souza (programmer)|Bruno Souza]] (JavaMan) and Einar Saukas. It was first registered officially as a technology group in Sucesu-SP (association of technology groups in Brazil<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.sucesusp.org.br/portal_novo/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38&Itemid=6
|title = SUCESU-SP INSTITUCIONAL
|accessdate = July 2, 2015
|author=Sucesu-SP
|publisher=Sucesu-SP
|language=Portuguese
}}</ref>), then later publicly announced in a press conference at October 29, 1999.<ref name="mail">{{cite web
|url = https://www.mail-archive.com/javabr%40cits.br/msg00529.html
|title = Lancamento "SouJava"
|accessdate =June 30, 2015
|first=Rogerio Moraes de|last=Aguiar
|date = October 29, 1999
|publisher=mail-archive.com
|language=Portuguese}}</ref>{{better source needed|date=July 2015}} The name (also spelled as SOUJava<ref name="twit"/>) is an acronym for "Sociedade de Usuarios Java" ("Java Users Society"), and "Sou Java" also means "I'm Java" in Portuguese.<ref>{{cite web
|url         = https://weblogs.java.net/blog/webmink/archive/2005/04/brazil_the_glob.html
|title       = Brazil - the Global Java Leader?
|accessdate  = June 14, 2015
|author      = [[Simon Phipps (programmer)|Simon Phipps]]
|date        = April 14, 2005
|publisher   = [[Java.net]]
|quote       = The Sociedade de Usuarios Java, "SouJava" ... The name means "I Am Java" in Portuguese.
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20150703234504/https://weblogs.java.net/blog/webmink/archive/2005/04/brazil_the_glob.html
|archivedate = July 3, 2015
}}</ref>
Since the beginning, SouJava has always been a [[nonprofit organization]] supported by volunteer work, quite known by the enthusiasm of its members.<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://jonathanischwartz.wordpress.com/2006/04/16/the-brazilian-effect/
|title = The Brazilian Effect
|accessdate =July 3, 2015
|author=[[Jonathan I. Schwartz]]
|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><ref>{{cite web
|url = http://education.sys-con.com/node/373068
|title = JavaOne - Day One Keynotes
|accessdate =July 9, 2015
|author=Bill Roth
|date = May 9, 2007
|publisher=SYS-CON Education
|quote = And it would not be a JavaOne without the obligatory reference to the excitable Brazilian programmers.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.xenonique.co.uk/blog/?p=779
|title = JavaOne 2012 Report Part 1
|accessdate =July 9, 2015
|author=Peter Pilgrim
|date = October 11, 2012
|publisher=Peter Pilgrim
|quote = Brazilian are always in attendance at JavaOne USA. If you can’t beat them [for passion] then you might as well join them.}}</ref> 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. On 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
|accessdate =July 4, 2015
|author=SouJava
|date = August 15, 2005
|publisher=SouJava
|language=pt
|quote=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}}</ref> upon reaching almost 18,000 members and got recognized as the world's largest Java User Group.<ref name="Simon" />
In 2011, SouJava became the first Java User Group nominated for the [[Java Community Process]] Executive Committee,<ref name="ownaward">{{cite web
|url = https://jcp.org/en/press/news/awards/2011award_nominees
|title = JCP Program and Industry Awards
|accessdate = July 5, 2015 |author=Java Community Process
|date = 2011
|publisher=Java Community Process
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url = https://blogs.oracle.com/henrik/entry/oracle_nominates_bruno_souza_of_soujava_to_jcp_ec
|title = Oracle Nominates Bruno Souza of SouJava to JCP EC
|accessdate =June 14, 2015 |first=Henrik|last=Stahl
|date = January 24, 2011
|publisher=[[Oracle Corporation|Oracle]]
|quote = Oracle is nominating SouJava, the Brazilian Java User Group, to a seat in the JCP Executive Committee.
}}</ref> as Java Community Process Expert Group Member. The following year, it was awarded as Java Community Process Member/Participant of the Year.<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://jcp.org/en/press/news/JCP_JavaOne2012_WrapUp
|title = JavaOne 2012 JCP Wrap-Up: Platform Evolution and JCP Enthusiasm
|accessdate =June 14, 2015 |author=Java Community Process
|date = October 4, 2012
|publisher=Java Community Process
|quote = Bruno Souza of SouJava in Brasil, JCP Award Member/Participant of the Year co-winners with the London Java Community
}}</ref>
Over the years, SouJava has organized several Java conferences in Brazil,<ref name="SouJava"/><ref name="ownaward"/><ref>{{cite web
|url = http://soujava.org.br/eventos/justjava-2012/
|title = JustJava 2012
|accessdate =June 14, 2015 |author=SouJava
|date = March 22, 2002
|publisher=SouJava
|language=Portuguese}}</ref> and it helped influence the adoption of open source by the Brazilian government <ref name="ownaward"/><ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.theserverside.com/news/thread.tss?thread_id=33630
|title = Brazilians to bring a strong open source voice to the JCP
|accessdate =July 6, 2015 |author=Floyd Marinescu
|date = April 28, 2005
|publisher=TheServerSide
|quote=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.}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.samurajdata.se/opensource/mirror/docs/board.php
|title = OSI Board of Directors
|accessdate = June 14, 2015 |author=O'Reilly
|date = April 20, 2006
|publisher=[[Open Source Initiative|OSI]]
|quote = 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.
}}</ref> (mainly by leading an open standards and platforms manifesto,<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://soujavablog.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/desenvolvimentogovbrasileiro.pdf
|title = Desenvolvimento de Sistemas no Âmbito do Governo: Padrões e Multiplataforma
|accessdate =July 9, 2015
|date = November 2002
|publisher=SouJava
|language=Portuguese}}</ref> organizing Javali at [[Forum Internacional Software Livre|FISL]],<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://softwarelivre.org/portal/fisl/javali-a-comunidade-java-livre
|title = Javali - A Comunidade Java, Livre!
|accessdate =July 9, 2015
|date = June 18, 2009
|publisher=Software Livre Brasil
|language=Portuguese}}</ref> and working together with the Brazilian Federal Government's Information Technology National Institute <ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.iti.gov.br/noticias/iti-na-midia/427-projeto-javali-desenvolve-tv-digital-no-brasil
|title = Projeto Javali Desenvolve TV-digital no Brasil
|accessdate =July 6, 2015
|date = July 1, 2004
|publisher=Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia da Informação
|language=Portuguese}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.iti.gov.br/en/noticias/indice-de-noticias/3042-iti-propoe-parceria-para-incrementar-reconhecimento-de-certificados-digitais
|title = ITI Propõe Parceria para Incrementar Reconhecimento de Certificados Digitais
|accessdate =July 6, 2015
|date = August 29, 2007
|publisher=Instituto Nacional de Tecnologia da Informação
|language=Portuguese}}</ref>), which in turn forced [[Sun Microsystems]] to open-source Java.<ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.nxtbook.com/nxtbooks/cmp/ddj0208/index.php?startpage=18
|title = South America Software Development: A Climate of Creativity
|accessdate =July 5, 2015
|author=Michael Swaine
|date = February 2008
|publisher=Dr Dobb's Journal
|quote = 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.
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url = http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3697166/Sun+Hits+The+BRICs.htm
|title = Sun Hits The BRICs
|accessdate = July 5, 2015
|author=Andy Patrizio
|date = August 30, 2007
|publisher= InternetNews
|quote = Sun Microsystems CEO Jonathan Schwartz admitted today that it was Brazil that forced Sun to open source Java.
}}</ref> 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 [[Java Community Process|JSRs]]<ref>{{cite web
|url         = https://blogs.oracle.com/java/entry/adopt_a_jsr
|title       = Adopt A JSR!
|accessdate  = July 2, 2015
|date        = November 4, 2011
|publisher   = [[Oracle Corporation|Oracle]]
|quote       = 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.
|url-status=dead
|archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304202337/https://blogs.oracle.com/java/entry/adopt_a_jsr
|archivedate = March 4, 2016
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url = https://jcp.org/aboutJava/communityprocess/ec-public/materials/2012-01-1011/SouJavaAdoptAJSR.pdf
|title = Adopt a JSR: How JUGs Can Help
|accessdate =June 14, 2015 |author=Java Community Process
|date = January 10, 2012
|publisher=Java Community Process
|quote = SouJava's Adopt a JSR Effort
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url = http://soujava.org.br/servicos/adopt-a-jsr/
|title = Adopt a JSR
|accessdate =June 14, 2015 |author=SouJava
|date = June 9, 2013
|publisher=SouJava
|language=Portuguese
}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
|url = https://jcp.org/en/press/news/awards/2013award_nominees
|title = The 11th JCP Annual Awards
|accessdate =July 2, 2015 |author=Java Community Process
|date = 2013
|publisher=Java Community Process
|quote=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.
}}</ref>
SouJava is headquartered in [[São Paulo]], with branches in [[Campinas]],<ref>{{cite web|url = http://soujava.org.br/regionais/campinas/|title = SouJava Campinas|accessdate =July 2, 2015 |author=SouJava|date = 2015|publisher=SouJava|language=pt}}</ref> [[Rio de Janeiro]] and [[Brasília]].<ref>{{cite web|url = http://jazoon.com/history/Portals/0/Content/ArchivWebsite/jazoon.com/jazoon08/en/sponsorsandpartners/jugs/participating-jugs.html|title = Supporting JUGs|accessdate =July 5, 2015 |author=JAZOO 08 The International Conference on Java Technology|date = June 2008|publisher=JAZOO 08 The International Conference on Java Technology}}</ref>
=== Leadership ===
Executive leadership positions are voluntary and unpaid, elected by the director's board. SouJava mandates are listed below:
* 1999–2003: ''President'' Einar Saukas, ''Vice-President'' Jefferson Conz (Floyd), ''Technical Coordinator'' [[Bruno Souza (programmer)|Bruno Souza]] (JavaMan).<ref>{{cite web|url = http://blog.jelastic.com/2014/11/20/meet-bruno-souza-and-juggy-a-couple-of-octobers-most-interesting-developers/|title = Meet Bruno Souza and Juggy – A Couple of October's Most Interesting Developers|accessdate =June 14, 2015 |author=Java Community Process|date = October 4, 2012|publisher=[[Jelastic]]}}</ref>
==Honors and awards==
* Java Community Process Member/Participant of the Year 2011: '''Nominated'''<ref name="ownaward"/>
* Java Community Process Member/Participant of the Year 2012: '''Winner''' <ref>{{cite web
|url = https://jcp.org/en/press/news/awards/2012award_nominees
|title = The 10th JCP Annual Awards
|accessdate =July 2, 2015 |author=Java Community Process
|date = 2012
|publisher=Java Community Process
|quote = 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.
}}</ref>
* Outstanding Adopt-a-JSR Participant of the Year 2013: '''Recognized''' <ref>{{cite web
|url = https://jcp.org/en/press/news/awards/2013award_nominees
|title = The 11th JCP Annual Awards
|accessdate =July 5, 2015 |author=Java Community Process
|date = 2013
|publisher=Java Community Process
|quote = '''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.
}}</ref>
* Java Community Process Member/Participant of the Year 2014: '''Nominated'''<ref>{{cite web
|url = https://jcp.org/en/press/news/awards/2014award_nominees
|title = The 12th JCP Annual Awards
|accessdate =July 5, 2015 |author=Java Community Process
|date = 2014
|publisher=Java Community Process
|quote = 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.
}}</ref>
==References==
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{{Reflist}}
==External links==
* {{official|http://www.soujava.org.br}}
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