Evolution of Java

1.     James Gosling, Mike Sheridan, and Patrick Naughton initiated the Java language project in June 1991. The small team of sun engineers called Green Team.

2.     Originally designed for small, embedded systems in electronic appliances like set-top boxes.

3.     Firstly, it was called "Greentalk" by James Gosling.

4.     Later, it was called Oak and was developed as a part of the Green project.

5.     In 1995, Oak was renamed as "Java" because it was already a trademark by Oak Technologies

Why "Java" name

1.      Java is an island of Indonesia where first coffee was produced

2.      Java is just a name not an acronym

3.      In 1995, Time magazine called Java one of the Ten Best Products of 1995.

Java Version History

There are many java versions that has been released.

1.      JDK Alpha and Beta (1995)

2.      JDK 1.0 (23rd Jan, 1996)

3.      JDK 1.1 (19th Feb, 1997)

4.      J2SE 1.2 (8th Dec, 1998)

5.      J2SE 1.3 (8th May, 2000)

6.      J2SE 1.4 (6th Feb, 2002)

7.      J2SE 5.0 (30th Sep, 2004)

8.      Java SE 6 (11th Dec, 2006)

9.      Java SE 7 (28th July, 2011)

10.  Java SE 8 (18th March, 2014)