OpenJDK Community Innovators' Challenge Awards Announced

[Ray Gans]

Today Sun announced the winning projects of the OpenJDK Community  
Innovators' Challenge Awards at Sun Tech Days Sao Paulo, Brazil.
   http://www.sun.com/aboutsun/pr/2008-09/sunflash.20080929.3.xml

The winners are:
   GOLD:   Implement XRender pipeline for Java2D - Clemens Eisserer
   SILVER:   Closures for Java - Neal Gafter
   BRONZE:   Provide date and time library from JSR-310 - Stephen  
Colebourne, Michael Nascimento Santos
   BRONZE:   Portable GUI backends - Roman Kennke, Mario Torre

More information about the Innovators' Challenge can be found here:
   http://openjdk.java.net/challenge/

Congratulations to the winners and thanks to everyone who participated  
through projects, proposals and feedback!