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History: Tiobe Programming Language Popularity Index

The Java programming language was initially developed by James Gosling, Mike Sheridan, and Patrick Naughton in 1991 at Sun Microsystems. Sun Microsystems first released Java 1.0 in 1996 and it grew in popularity with its promise of 'Write Once, Run Anywhere' functionality. Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems in 2010 and now acts as the steward of Java technology.

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History: Tiobe Programming Language Popularity Index

The Java programming language was initially developed by James Gosling, Mike Sheridan, and Patrick Naughton in 1991 at Sun Microsystems. Sun Microsystems first released Java 1.0 in 1996 and it grew in popularity with its promise of 'Write Once, Run Anywhere' functionality. Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems in 2010 and now acts as the steward of Java technology.

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The TIOBE programming language popularity index graph from 2002 to 2018. Java has been steadily on the
top since mid-2015.

James Gosling, Mike Sheridan, and Patrick Naughton initiated the Java language project in June
1991.[23] Java was originally designed for interactive television, but it was too advanced for the digital
cable television industry at the time.[24] The language was initially called Oak after an oak tree that
stood outside Gosling's office. Later the project went by the name Green and was finally
renamed Java, from Java coffee, the coffee from Indonesia.[25] Gosling designed Java with a C/C++-
style syntax that system and application programmers would find familiar.[26]
Sun Microsystems released the first public implementation as Java 1.0 in 1996.[27] It promised Write
Once, Run Anywhere (WORA) functionality, providing no-cost run-times on popular platforms.
Fairly secure and featuring configurable security, it allowed network- and file-access restrictions.
Major web browsers soon incorporated the ability to run Java applets within web pages, and Java
quickly became popular. The Java 1.0 compiler was re-written in Java by Arthur van Hoff to comply
strictly with the Java 1.0 language specification.[28] With the advent of Java 2 (released initially as
J2SE 1.2 in December 1998 – 1999), new versions had multiple configurations built for different
types of platforms. J2EE included technologies and APIs for enterprise applications typically run in
server environments, while J2ME featured APIs optimized for mobile applications. The desktop
version was renamed J2SE. In 2006, for marketing purposes, Sun renamed new J2 versions
as Java EE, Java ME, and Java SE, respectively.
In 1997, Sun Microsystems approached the ISO/IEC JTC 1 standards body and later the Ecma
International to formalize Java, but it soon withdrew from the process.[29][30][31] Java remains a de
facto standard, controlled through the Java Community Process.[32] At one time, Sun made most of its
Java implementations available without charge, despite their proprietary software status. Sun
generated revenue from Java through the selling of licenses for specialized products such as the
Java Enterprise System.
On November 13, 2006, Sun released much of its Java virtual machine (JVM) as free and open-
source software (FOSS), under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). On May 8,
2007, Sun finished the process, making all of its JVM's core code available under free
software/open-source distribution terms, aside from a small portion of code to which Sun did not hold
the copyright.[33]
Sun's vice-president Rich Green said that Sun's ideal role with regard to Java was as an evangelist.
[34]
 Following Oracle Corporation's acquisition of Sun Microsystems in 2009–10, Oracle has described
itself as the steward of Java technology with a relentless commitment to fostering a community of
participation and transparency.[35] This did not prevent Oracle from filing a lawsuit against Google
shortly after that for using Java inside the Android SDK (see the Android section).

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