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
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