Daniel points out that brazilian Java developers are gaining some attention from Sun, after Daniel Steinberg's post in his java.net blog that says:
"Brazil's contingent here at JavaOne has always been very visible.
Some of the Brazilian attendees proudly wear their country's flag like
a cape and they all cheer wildly when one of their members is
recognized. I've been corresponding with Daniel de Oliviera,
coordinator of the Brasilia Java users group. Their JUG is the second
largest in the world with more than 6300 members. I'm interested in
making our site more friendly to those for whom English is not a first
language and I am very interested in including voices from many
countries on Java Today." - Daniel Steinberg
Very visible? Well, with a green flag around your neck is hard to be stealthy, anyways :)
But the important thing here, the thing I really like about Steinberg's
post is that Sun is starting to recognize publicly that its
Java-related websites should be more international, actually supporting
different languages and cultures. I can't believe after all these years
we still don't have sites like java.sun.com.fr, java.sun.com.br, java.sun.co.uk and so on (what's the top-level domain for India, again?). The only exception here is Japan,
and, IMHO, that's why we see such awesome japanese mobile products
coming around. I wonder how JavaOne Japan is - probably totally
different from the SF one, as the Java community in Japan is quite
different, too. So, why not promote more localized events, such as
JavaOne Japan, in countries where there's a huge Java community?
Brazil, for instance, has the two largest JUGs in the world. If that's
not enough to tell the size of our community, then, what is? :)
Congratulations to all brazilian Java developers spreading our
community around here. You're amazing, guys, keep up the good work.
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