As promised, I have drafted a marketing brief* about Fedora Java. "Fedora Java" is about making Fedora the preferred environment of choice for Java and JVM platform development. https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Java/Fedora_Java_Marketing_Brief Here's the TL;DR: * Java is one of the most popular languages (#2 @ Tiobe Index, #5 @ github, #1 @ sourceforge) * ~ 8 million Java developers * JVM supports many other languages, which means even more developers * < 1% of these developers use Fedora * Fedora Java SIG has made creating Java packages easy, consistent w/ packaging guidelines * Fedora has the latest and most popular stuff on the JVM platform, including Java 7 (OpenJDK), Eclipse 4.2, Maven 3, JBoss AS 7, Tomcat 7 and JBoss Tools * A Fedora Java Spin is in the works (currently a Fedora Remix) * Fedora should be the operating system of choice for JVM platform developers! There have been huge strides made recently in the Fedora Java story, as I cover in the brief. That's why I think this is a good storyline to pursue when marketing Fedora 18. I think it can help attract a lot of developers to Fedora and in return, those developers will hit the ground running with this comprehensive development stack. -Dan * or what I think is a marketing brief :) -- Dan Allen Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat | Author of Seam in Action Registered Linux User #231597 http://google.com/profiles/dan.j.allen http://mojavelinux.com http://mojavelinux.com/seaminaction -- marketing mailing list marketing(a)lists.fedoraproject.org https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/marketing