Dia 09 de março, a comunidade internacional nomeou Felipe Gaúcho com o título de Java Champion postumamente.
O prêmio Java Champion é para pessoas que se destacaram em um determinado projeto em termos mundiais.

O texto em referência ao Felipe na liste de Java Champions diz o seguinte:

Felipe Gaúcho (Mar ‘10, Brazil – awarded posthumously)
Until his untimely death in March 2010, Felipe Gaúcho worked as senior software engineer at Netcetera AG in Switzerland. He was a well-known Brazilian JUG leader and open-source evangelist; he founded CEJUG and created the Premio Universitario Java. Because of his strong and varied contributions to the community, Felipe was named a Java Champion posthumously. He is survived by his wife Alena and his son Rodrigo.

Sem dúvida o Felipe merecia este título.

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