Oracle selects and gives the award. They are just following the tradition that started with James Gosling. He used to pick the projects in the beginning.
The process now is more formal: there is a nomination period, and the awards are given out at JavaOne. About 10-15 projects are awarded every round (usually every year, but there were none during the pandemic, and looks like it won't happen this year either). Projects are awarded in about as many categories, but I have the impression the categories are chosen based on the winning projects... It is more like a "wow" project selection. Anyway... Each winner gets a cool duke statue, and it is the project's to keep. I assume people in NetBeans just wanted to pass the statue around, so more people can have it for some time. I have never seen anyone do that, but I think it's a cool idea. We tried to parade the statue from the late Daniel de Oliveira among the JUGs in Brazil,, to honor him, but that never happened (we never got his statue to be able to do that). Anyway, let's all celebrate the achievement \o/ Cheers, Bruno. On Sun, Aug 14, 2022, 11:11 Eric Bresie <[email protected]> wrote: > So who (what group or organization) is the facilitator of Duke's > Choice Award? Is this say a "Java One" spawned prize, a JUG, from a > specific web site, "magazine" (online or actual), etc.? > > How does one nominate someone for said award? > > Does it need to be returned back to them so the next "Duke's Choice Award" > winner can be awarded it? > > Eric Bresie > [email protected] > > > On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 7:04 PM Bruno Souza <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It is the statue for the Duke's Choice Award prize that NetBeans won a >> few years ago. >> >> That is a prize for top projects around Java technology. It trys to be an >> "inclusive" prize, given to the "project", so, any developer in the project >> can say they received a Duke's Choice Award. >> >> The idea is that if we take it to conferences, then all Netbeans >> developers can take a picture and "receive" the award. It is a pretty nice >> statue, but heavy, so, I commend the courage of people to carry it around >> :-D >> >> Cheers, >> Bruno. >> >> ______________________________________________________________________ >> >> Bruno Peres Ferreira de Souza Brazil's JavaMan >> >> https://java.mn bruno at javaman.com.br >> >> https://code4.life bruno at code4.life >> >> if I fail, if I succeed, at least I live as I believe >> >> >> >> >> On Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 10:45 AM Eric Bresie <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Silly question, what is the “Duke Trophy”? Is it A trophy for Java in >>> general with Netbeans winning that year(s) or specific to excellence in >>> Netbeans? >>> >>> Was trying to find any information on Trophy and found a few mentions >>> (1),(2) but wasn’t sure beyond that >>> >>> References: >>> (1) https://blogs.apache.org/netbeans/entry/duke-s-choice-award-2018 >>> (2) >>> >>> https://blog.idrsolutions.com/2018/11/duke-joins-the-idrsolutions-java-team/ >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Aug 6, 2022 at 10:14 AM Kenneth Fogel < >>> [email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> > Back in January 2020 Mark Stephen brought the NetBeans Duke Trophy to >>> > Montreal. The plan was for me to take it to the next conference, such >>> as >>> > CodeOne in Oct 2020 and pass it on to another member of the team. As >>> we all >>> > too aware, this could not happen. >>> > >>> > JavaOne is back and I will be speaking there in person. Made the flight >>> > and hotel reservation yesterday. I will bring Duke with me as carry >>> on. The >>> > x-ray should be fun. Now all that needs to be decided is who should I >>> pass >>> > it on to. >>> > >>> > I suggest forming a committee that meets weekly to decide on this >>> weighty >>> > topic. 😊 >>> > >>> > Ken >>> > >>> > -- >>> Eric Bresie >>> [email protected] >>> >>
