HISTORY OF JAVA PROGRAMMING

HOW IT ALL STARTED

1.     Java was designed by Sun Microsystems in the early 1990s.

2.     Basic aim of java was to solve the problem of connecting many household machines together.

3.     Project was unsuccessful because no one wanted to use it.

4.     Earlier Name of Java : OAK

5.     Creator of Java :  James Gosling  (the father of Java)

6.     As there was another language called Oak , they decided to rename OAK. New name was given to OAK , OAK was renamed Java in 1994

7.     Java was publicly released on : May 27, 1995

8.     Java was targeted at :  Internet development

9.     Applets Had early support from companies : Netscape Communications

HISTORY

Designed By	Sun Microsystems
Designed In	early 1990s
Basic Aim	For Communicating Between Household things
Earlier Name of Java	OAK
Creator of Java	James Gosling
First Public Release	27 May 1995
Java was targeted at	Internet Development

ABOUT SUN MICROSYSTEM : \Sun Microsystems, Inc. was a company that sold computers, computer components, computer software, and information technology services and that created the Java programming language, Solaris Unix and the Network File System.

Founded: February 24, 1982, Stanford University, California, United States

Parent organization: Oracle Corporation

Headquarters: Santa Clara, California, United States

Acquisition date: 2010

Founders: Bill Joy, Vaughan Pratt, Scott G. McNealy, Andy Bechtolsheim, Vinod Khosla

Subsidiaries: Storage Technology Corporation.