Welcome to the fortieth issue of Hashtag Jakarta EE!

This week’s Jakarta EE 9 Specification Status shows some progress!

We now have twelve specifications approved and four ballots that started last week. There are thirteen that are close to being ready for ballots and only six that need a little more work. We’re getting there! Mark November 20 in your calendar! Read this status update from Kevin Sutter for more details.

This Jakarta EE Survey by Omnifaces covers a lot of relevant topics for Jakarta EE releases following Jakarta EE 9. Please do take some time and fill out the survey. Surveys like this provide extremely valuable input for the work on upcoming releases.

Tanja and I are going on a virtual tour talking about Jakarta EE. The first stop on the tour was India and we are currently planning stops in Poland, Serbia, Spain, Sweden and USA. Please reach out to us if you want us to present at your JUG/meetup.