From its humble beginnings as a project code-named "Oak" at Sun Microsystems to becoming a global standard for enterprise software and billions of devices, Java's journey is one of radical innovation, strategic pivots, and enduring community strength.
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What to Expect from the Film
• The Birth of Oak : Discover how a small team of top engineers at Sun Microsystems originally designed Java to solve problems in computing devices outside the traditional industry scope.
• Pivoting to the Web : Learn how the release of the first web browser, Mosaic, inspired the team to rewrite their browser and bring interactivity to the static web using Java.
• Write Once, Run Anywhere : Understand the goal of creating a binary platform that could run on any hardware. Revisit the high-stakes legal battles that threatened the "write once, run anywhere" promise.
• Community and Open Source : Witness the transition of Java to an open-source platform through the creation of the Java Community Process (JCP) and the release of OpenJDK.
• The Modern Era : Explore how Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems impacted the language and whats in store for the future of Java.
Timestamps
00:00 - INTRO
00:15 - TITLE SEQUENCE
01:33 - PROJECT GREEN AND EARLY YEARS
04:27 - HOTJAVA BROWSER
06:34 - NETSCAPE
08:26 - JAVA WEB PIVOT/WORA
12:22 - WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING
15:31 - JAVA SHIFT TO ENTERPRISE
18:20 - COMPATABILITY/MICROSOFT WARS
19:45 - THE SMOKING GUN EMAIL
21:08 - MICROSOFT THREAT
22:45 - MICROSOFT LAWSUIT
24:45 - JCP INCEPTION
26:36 - OPEN SOURCING
28:59 - TOMCAT
31:06 - J2EE
33:15 - SPRING / HIBERNATE
34:49 - JAVA OPEN SOURCE ECOSYSTEM GROWTH
36:07 - JAVA OPEN SOURCING ANNOUNCEMENT
39:03 - THE DARK AGES
42:28 - ORACLE ACQUISITION
44:13 - JAMES GOSLING LEAVES ORACLE
45:37 - JAVA UNDER ORACLE
46:52 - IS JAVA DEAD?
48:07 - JAVA 8 - A NEW ERA
49:31 - JAVA 8 LAUNCH
52:23 - JAVA SIX MONTH CADENCE
54:53 - STEWARDSHIP
58:32 - ECLIPSE FOUNDATION
59:52 - JAVA PROJECT LOOM
01:01:54 - THE JAVA COMMUNITY
01:03:59 - THE UBIQUITY OF JAVA/JAVA'S LEGACY
01:06:55 - JAVA DEVELOPMENT IN THE MODERN ERA
01:11:29 - FINAL WRAP
01:13:31 - CREDITS
Featuring
Past & Present Java Team Members from Sun / Oracle
James Gosling — Creator of Java
Joshua Bloch — Creator of the Java Collections Framework, Author of Effective Java
James Duncan Davidson — Creator of Apache Tomcat
Brian Goetz — Java Language Architect, Java Platform Group, Oracle
Tim Lindholm — Co-author, Java Virtual Machine Specification
Kim Polese — Java's first Product Manager
Mark Reinhold — Chief Architect, Java Platform Group, Oracle
Georges Saab — Senior Vice President, Java Platform Group, Oracle and Chair, OpenJDK Governing Board
Paul Sandoz — Architect, Java Platform Group, Oracle
Carla Schroer — Director of Java Compatibility, Sun Microsystems
Sharat Chander — Senior Director, Java Product Management & Developer Engagement, Oracle
Heather VanCura — Vice President and Java Community Process Chairperson and Director, Oracle
Java Community
Paul Bakker — Staff Software Engineer at Netflix
Lars Bergstrom — Director of Engineering, Google Android
Andrey Breslav — Creator of Kotlin
Ivar Grimstad — Jakarta EE Developer Advocate at Eclipse Foundation
Rod Johnson — Creator of Spring
Gavin King — Creator of Hibernate
Mark Little — Vice President Java Runtimes and Java Integration, IBM
Josh Long — Spring Developer Advocate
Venkat Subramaniam — Java Champion, Author & Educator
Tagir Valeev — Technical Lead, Java Team, JetBrains
Filmmakers
Directed by: Joey Bania
Produced by: Emma Tracey
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