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| <name>George Adams</name> |
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| <title>Program Manager, Microsoft</title> |
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| <eclipse_affiliation>Eclipse Adoptium</eclipse_affiliation> |
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| <p><b>Java (OpenJDK)</b><br> |
| For years there has been confusion in the Java ecosystem. Which vendor should I use? Which version should I use? Where should |
| I download my binaries from? This is a challenge that I’ve been determined to resolve. Companies wanted to avoid vendor lock-in |
| and so AdoptOpenJDK was born. The project grew from strength to strength and quickly became the successful OpenJDK distribution |
| that we know today. But… we needed more resources, more marketing expertise and more legal support, and that’s why we recently |
| announced our intention to move AdoptOpenJDK to the Eclipse Foundation. My first and main goal for the Eclipse Foundation is |
| to make it <b>the place to get Java (OpenJDK) from</b>. I hope to <b>bring vendors together</b> in one centralised place and collaborate |
| in the open for the benefit of the community.</p> |
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| <p><b>Outreach</b><br> |
| While physical conferences have been put on the back-burner due to Covid-19, a new opportunity has arisen. With virtual |
| conferences, you can present at several conferences around the world in the same week (and all without leaving your home). This |
| gives us a great opportunity to reach more developers than ever before and I want to build on this to increase developer |
| awareness of the foundation.</p> |
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| <p><b>Membership</b><br> |
| Over the years I have collaborated with many companies that are large contributors/users of Java. Many of these are |
| great candidates for Eclipse Foundation membership but are unaware of its benefits and the importance of supporting the |
| organisation. I hope to increase their awareness of the fantastic work that the Eclipse Foundation does to support the |
| open-source ecosystem and bring them onboard.</p> |
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| <p>I am the Java Program Manager at Microsoft and the recently appointed PMC member of Eclipse Adoptium. Since co-founding AdoptOpenJDK in 2016 I have been leading the |
| community outreach efforts both at AdoptOpenJDK as well as the broader Java ecosystem. I played a key role in moving the AdoptOpenJDK project into the Eclipse Foundation and look |
| forward to the coming year as the project continues to grow far beyond its current 200 million user-base. I strongly believe in open-source language ecosystems and thrive on the challenge of |
| leading the foundations behind them. I would cherish the opportunity to represent the Adoptium working group (as well as others) on the Eclipse Board of Directors.</p> |
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| <p>I also contribute to both the OpenJS Foundation and the Node.js Foundation where I am a core collaborator and play an active role in several of the workgroups.</p> |
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| <affiliation>Microsoft</affiliation> |
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