Java - History
Java - History
Ø James Gosling initiated Java language project in June 1991
for use in one of his many set-top box projects. The language, initially called
‘Oak’ after an oak tree that stood outside Gosling's office, also went by the
name ‘Green’ and ended up later being renamed as Java, from a list of random
words.
Ø Sun released the first public implementation as Java 1.0 in
1995. It promised Write Once, Run Anywhere (WORA), providing no-cost
run-times on popular platforms.
Ø On 13 November, 2006, Sun released much of Java as free and
open source software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).
Ø On 8 May, 2007, Sun finished the process, making all of
Java's core code free and open-source, aside from a small portion of code to
which Sun did not hold the copyright.
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