簡史
發展
1995年5月23日，Java語言誕生
1996年1月，第一個JDK-JDK1.0誕生
1996年4月，10個最主要的操作系統供應商申明將在其產品中嵌入JAVA技術
1996年9月，約8.3萬個網頁應用了JAVA技術來製作
1997年2月18日，JDK1.1發佈
1997年4月2日，JavaOne會議召開，參與者逾一萬人，創當時全球同類會議規模之紀錄
1997年9月，JavaDeveloperConnection社區成員超過十萬
1998年2月，JDK1.1被下載超過2,000,000次
1998年12月8日，JAVA2企業平臺J2EE發佈
1999年6月，SUN公司發佈Java的三個版本：標準版、企業版和微型版（J2SE、J2EE、J2ME）
2000年5月8日，JDK1.3發佈
2000年5月29日，JDK1.4發佈
2001年6月5日，NOKIA宣佈，到2003年將出售1億部支持Java的手機
2001年9月24日，J2EE1.3發佈
2002年2月26日，J2SE1.4發佈，自此Java的計算能力有了大幅提升。
2004年9月30日18:00PM，J2SE1.5發佈，是Java語言的發展史上的又一里程碑事件。爲了表示這個版本的重要性，J2SE1.5更名爲J2SE5.0
2005年6月，JavaOne大會召開，SUN公司公開Java SE 6。此時，Java的各種版本已經更名以取消其中的數字“2”：J2EE更名爲Java EE, J2SE更名爲Java SE，J2ME更名爲Java ME。
2006年11月13日，SUN公司宣佈Java全線採納GNU General Public License Version 2，從而公開了Java的源代碼。
截至2009年8月4日， Java SE 6中提供的更新是15 。
Sun網站的Java歷史相關內容
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. |
Who's Who
Scott McNealy
Chairman & CEO, Sun Microsystems
John Gage
Chief Researcher & Director of the Science Office, Sun Microsystems, Inc.
James Gosling
Fellow & Chief Technology Officer of Sun's Developer Products, Green Team original, FirstPerson employee, original member Java Products Group, lead engineer and key architect of Java technology
Bill Joy
Cofounder of Sun Microsystems, Inc., principal designer of the University of California, Berkeley, version of the UNIX® operating system, partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
Eric Schmidt
CEO of Google, former Sun Microsystems chief technical officer
Tim Lindholm
Distinguished Engineer at Sun Microsystems and a member of the Consumer and Mobile Systems Group. He is the Architect of the Java Platform, Micro Edition (Java ME, formerly J2ME), a FirstPerson employee, original member Java Products Group
George Paolini
Vice President & General Manager, Java Solutions, Borland & former Director of corporate marketing, Sun's Java Software Division
Amy Fowler
Senior Staff Engineer at Sun Microsystems, founding member of the Java Swing GUI Toolkit, FirstPerson employee, original member Java Products Group
Alan E. Baratz, Ph.D
CEO and President, NeoPath Networks, and former president of Sun's Java Software Division
Java歷史的Flash演示鏈接
http://www.java.com/en/javahistory/java_history_final_4.swf
