# All Things Maven: A Discussion With Brian Fox

**November 08, 2017**  
By [Derek Weeks](/content/blog/author/derek-weeks/index.html)

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The Manifest, a podcast about package management, recently sat down with Sonatype's Co-Founder and CTO, Brian Fox, to discuss all things Maven.

In this episode, you will hear the history of [Maven Central](https://central.sonatype.com/), war stories, how Minecraft DDoSed the service, and plans for the future of Maven and Java 9.

Have a listen to the podcast [here](https://manifest.fm/6) on The Manifest.

Written by **Derek Weeks**

Derek serves as vice president and DevOps advocate at Sonatype and is the co-founder of All Day DevOps, an online community of 65,000 IT professionals.

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Maven javacentral Java9