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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.
2007 Sun released the source code of the Class library under GPL
on May 8, 2007
Java technology is in more than 5.5 billion devices and is
used by more than six million developers.
The iPhone is released.
2008 JavaFX 1.0 is released
At JavaOne, Neil Young announces his Archives Project to be
released on Blu-ray Disc™, powered by Java technology.
JDuchess Website Launched (for women using Java
technology).
Facebook reaches 100 million users.
Joe Darcy announces Project Coin, "to enhance the Java
programming language with an assortment of small changes."
Java EE 6 is released with a simplified development and
deployment model, RESTful web services, and the Java EE
2009 Web Profile.
The NetBeans IDE is developer.com's 2009 Product of the
Year.
Barack Obama is inaugurated as the 44the President of the
United States.
2010 Oracle acquires Sun Microsystems.
The JCP approves Java 7 and Java 8 roadmaps.
JavaOne 2010 is held concurrently with Oracle OpenWorld in
September.
Spain wins the World Cup in South Africa.

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