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Thursday, October 18, 2007

The Java History Timeline






































































1991

The Green Project Begins


MS DOS is the dominant operating system

Cell phones weigh half a pound

"Biosphere 2" project begins

1992

"Oak" is the language

*7 Debuts

"Duke" is featured in the Interface


Johnny Carson signs off "The Tonight Show" on NBC

1993

The Green Project becomes FirstPerson

Mosaic v1.0 is released

"Cheers" ends an 11-year run


1994

WebRunner released – the first browser that supports moving objects and dynamic executable content

The Apple QuickTake 100, the first consumer digital camera, goes on sale for less than $1,000

"Friends" debuts on NBC

1995

Java technology released to a select group on the Web site wicked.neato.org


The San Jose Mercury News runs a front-page article about Java technology

Name changed from "Oak" to "Java"

Announced at Sun World -- Java technology is officially born

1996

The first JavaOne Developer Conference

JDKtm 1.0 software is released

Chess computer Deep Blue defeats Garry Kasparov for the first time


"Dolly" the first cloned sheep is born

1997

Over 220,000 downloads of JDK 1.1 software occur in just three weeks

JavaOne draws 8,000 attendees, becoming the world’s largest developer conference

Java Card 2.0 platform is unveiled

43% of U.S. families own a computer

1998

JDK 1.1 release downloads top 2 million

Visa launches world’s first smart card based on Java Card technology

The Java Community Process (JCP) program formalized

"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" premieres in the U.K

1999

Java 2 platform source code is released

JavaOne draws 20,000

J2EE beta software is released

"Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace" released

2000

Over 400 Java User Groups are established worldwide


Java Developer Connection program tops 1.5 million members

Steve Jobs joins Scott McNealy on stage at JavaOne to announce a major commitment by Apple in support of Java technology

Heavy Metal band Metallica sues Napster for copyright violations

2001

First international JavaOne conference in Yokohama Japan

Over 1 million downloads of the Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE) SDK

Google Inc. PageRank search algorithm patent awarded


"The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring" is released

2002

J2EE SDK downloads reach 2 million

78% of executives view J2EE technology as the most effective platform for building and deploying Web services

The Euro is introduced

"The Osbournes" becomes a surprise hit on MTV

2003

Java technology runs in almost 550 million desktops

Almost 75% of professional developers use Java programming language as their primary development language

Commercial Voice-Over-Internet (VoiP) phone service begins

"The Da Vinci Code" is published

2004

Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition 5 (Project Tiger) is released

The Java technology-powered Mars Rover (Spirit) touches down on Mars

Sun Java Studio Creator is launched

2005

Java technology celebrates its 10th birthday

Approximately 4.5 million developers use Java technology


Over 2.5 billion Java technology-enabled devices are available

java.com bundles the Google Toolbar with the JRE download

2006

Rich Green announces at the JavaOne 2006 Conference that it's not a matter of when Sun will open source Java technology, but how. The NetBeans IDE 5.0 is released. Sun open-sourced Java EE components as the Glassfish Project to java.net. Java SE and ME initial components are released as open source. Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest is released.