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by williamlouth November 3, 2008 1:48 PM PST
"setting industry standards and technology direction."

You incorrectly assume that all members make worthwhile contributions during the process and not just at the end when the vote has been cast.

William
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by williamlouth November 3, 2008 1:56 PM PST
And just to put things in perspective which you seem to consistently fail to do:

Executive Committee for Java SE/Java EE
http://jcp.org/en/participation/committee

Hani Suleiman (http://www.bileblog.org) was in 2007 elected.

William
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by Ian Skerrett November 4, 2008 6:38 AM PST
Matt,

Not sure if you know but the Apache Foundation has been a long time member of the JCP and the Eclipse Foundation was elected last year. 'Open Source' has already arrived at theJCP.

Ian Skerrett
Eclipse Foundation
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by Matt Asay November 4, 2008 7:10 AM PST
@Ian: Good point. Thanks for the update.
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