history of java

• 1991 – java Project Start

• Developed by James Gosling and team at Sun Microsystems.

• Originally called Oak (named after an oak tree outside Gosling’s office).

• 1995 – Official Release

• Renamed to Java (trademark issues with “Oak”).

• Sun announced Java 1.0 with the slogan "Write Once, Run Anywhere" (WORA).

• Java became popular for web applets and enterprise software.

• Sun released Java under the GNU General Public License (GPL).

• 2009 – Oracle Acquisition

• Oracle Corporation acquired Sun Microsystems, becoming the owner of Java.

• Java Versions Evolution

• Major versions: Java 1.0 → 1.1 → 1.2 (Java 2) → 1.3 → 1.4 → 5.0 → 6 → 7 → 8 → 9 → … up to current LTS versions.

• Present Day

• Still widely used in enterprise apps, Android development, cloud, and big data.