As promised, I have drafted a marketing brief* about Fedora Java. &quot;Fedora Java&quot; is about making Fedora the preferred environment of choice for Java and JVM platform development.<div><br></div><div><a href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Java/Fedora_Java_Marketing_Brief">https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Java/Fedora_Java_Marketing_Brief</a></div>

<div><br></div><div>Here&#39;s the TL;DR:</div><br>* Java is one of the most popular languages (#2 @ Tiobe Index, #5 @ github, #1 @ sourceforge)<br>* ~ 8 million Java developers<br>* JVM supports many other languages, which means even more developers<br>

* &lt; 1% of these developers use Fedora<br>* Fedora Java SIG has made creating Java packages easy, consistent w/ packaging guidelines<br>* 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<br>

* A Fedora Java Spin is in the works (currently a Fedora Remix)<br>* Fedora should be the operating system of choice for JVM platform developers!<div><br></div><div>There have been huge strides made recently in the Fedora Java story, as I cover in the brief. That&#39;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.<br>

<div><br></div><div>-Dan</div><div><br></div><div>* or what I think is a marketing brief :)<br clear="all"><div><br></div>-- <br><div>Dan Allen</div>Principal Software Engineer, Red Hat | Author of Seam in Action<br>Registered Linux User #231597<br>

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