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Iowa developer Brian Harry, also known as "leouser" on java.net, is renowned for the bug fixes he contributed to Java SE 6, which number well into the hundreds and won him a Duke's Choice award for outstanding platform contributions in 2006. His method was simple: He scanned Sun's openly available bug database for intriguing bugs, primarily in the Swing user interface (UI) code, printed them out, and put the bug reports on a stack beside his computer. Then, he fixed them one by one, submitting them through the standard JDK Community contribution process. A Sun Certified Java Developer (SCJD) and independent consultant, Harry describes himself as "a Midwesterner who believes that when the Big 10 wins the NCAA basketball tournament, the world will be a better place."