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The Java programming language was originally developed by James Gosling, Mike Sheridan, and Patrick Naughton in 1991 at Sun Microsystems. Sun Microsystems released the first public implementation of Java in 1996 and it quickly became popular for use in web browsers and apps. In 2006 and 2007, Sun Microsystems released much of the Java virtual machine as free and open-source software.

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The Java programming language was originally developed by James Gosling, Mike Sheridan, and Patrick Naughton in 1991 at Sun Microsystems. Sun Microsystems released the first public implementation of Java in 1996 and it quickly became popular for use in web browsers and apps. In 2006 and 2007, Sun Microsystems released much of the Java virtual machine as free and open-source software.

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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, a type of 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 GPL-2.0-only license. 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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