JAVA NOTES
HISTORY Java's history began in 1991 at Sun Microsystems with James Gosling and his team, initially working on the "Green Project" . The language was later named Oak, then Java, and publicly introduced in 1995 as a platform-independent language. Sun Microsystems later became Oracle, and Java's stewardship has continued with Oracle. 1991: The "Green Project" begins at Sun Microsystems, led by James Gosling. 1992: The prototype, "Oak," is developed. 1994: The team refocuses on web-based applications. 1995: Java is publicly released by Sun Microsystems, emphasizing "Write Once, Run Anywhere" portability. 2006: Sun Microsystems makes Java's core components open-source. 2009: Oracle acquires Sun Microsystems, becoming Java's steward. 2014: Java 8 is released, modernizing the language with new features. 2017: Oracle adopts a six-month release cycle, accelerating updates