Sacha Labourey is CTO of Red Hat Middleware LLC and was an early contributor to the JBoss AS clustering project. He currently represents Red Hat Middleware LLC on the SE/EE EC. He views Java technology as an exemplary case where a single company, Sun Microsystems, has successfully put in place the conditions required to build an innovative multi-billion dollar, multi-vendor ecosystem. In that regard, the JCP plays a central role and Sacha hopes to see the number of participants in the JCP grow even more to make sure the needs of the Java community are still strongly represented, and do not simply represent the interests of its biggest vendors. He says, "While the balance is not always easy to find, Sun has done a pretty good job at stewarding Java. Furthermore, Sun's recent announcement towards a broader openness is also a great step in a good direction."