In a candid discussion from the java.net Community Leaders Weekend 2008, a group of community leaders and infrastructure team members take a "big picture" look at the purpose and goals of java.net. Topics discuss include the history of the site, Sun's embrace of open-source and its posting of projects to the site, competitors and differentiation, accessibility of the site to new members and first-time project owners, what java.net's mission is, and whether the site is a community unto itself or a collection of communities with their own unique identities.

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Chris Adamson is the former editor of java.net.