The Java Story | The Official Documentary

From its humble beginnings as a project code-named "Oak" at Sun Microsystems to becoming a global standard for enterprise software and billions of devices, Java's journey is one of radical innovation, strategic pivots, and enduring community strength.


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# What to Expect from the Film

• *The Birth of Oak* : Discover how a small team of top engineers at Sun Microsystems originally designed Java to solve problems in computing devices outside the traditional industry scope.
• *Pivoting to the Web* : Learn how the release of the first web browser, Mosaic, inspired the team to rewrite their browser and bring interactivity to the static web using Java.
• *Write Once, Run Anywhere* : Understand the goal of creating a binary platform that could run on any hardware. Revisit the high-stakes legal battles that threatened the "write once, run anywhere" promise.
• *Community and Open Source* : Witness the transition of Java to an open-source platform through the creation of the Java Community Process (JCP) and the release of OpenJDK.
• *The Modern Era* : Explore how Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems impacted the language and whats in store for the future of Java.


# Timestamps

00:00 - INTRO
00:15 - TITLE SEQUENCE
01:33 - PROJECT GREEN AND EARLY YEARS
04:27 - HOTJAVA BROWSER
06:34 - NETSCAPE
08:26 - JAVA WEB PIVOT/WORA
12:22 - WOLF IN SHEEP'S CLOTHING
15:31 - JAVA SHIFT TO ENTERPRISE
18:20 - COMPATABILITY/MICROSOFT WARS
19:45 - THE SMOKING GUN EMAIL
21:08 - MICROSOFT THREAT
22:45 - MICROSOFT LAWSUIT
24:45 - JCP INCEPTION
26:36 - OPEN SOURCING
28:59 - TOMCAT
31:06 - J2EE
33:15 - SPRING / HIBERNATE
34:49 - JAVA OPEN SOURCE ECOSYSTEM GROWTH
36:07 - JAVA OPEN SOURCING ANNOUNCEMENT
39:03 - THE DARK AGES
42:28 - ORACLE ACQUISITION
44:13 - JAMES GOSLING LEAVES ORACLE
45:37 - JAVA UNDER ORACLE
46:52 - IS JAVA DEAD?
48:07 - JAVA 8 - A NEW ERA
49:31 - JAVA 8 LAUNCH
52:23 - JAVA SIX MONTH CADENCE
54:53 - STEWARDSHIP
58:32 - ECLIPSE FOUNDATION
59:52 - JAVA PROJECT LOOM
01:01:54 - THE JAVA COMMUNITY
01:03:59 - THE UBIQUITY OF JAVA/JAVA'S LEGACY
01:06:55 - JAVA DEVELOPMENT IN THE MODERN ERA
01:11:29 - FINAL WRAP
01:13:31 - CREDITS

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# Featuring

*Past & Present Java Team Members from Sun / Oracle*

- *James Gosling* — Creator of Java
- *Joshua Bloch* — Creator of the Java Collections Framework, Author of Effective Java
- *James Duncan Davidson* — Creator of Apache Tomcat
- *Brian Goetz* — Java Language Architect, Java Platform Group, Oracle
- *Tim Lindholm* — Co-author, Java Virtual Machine Specification
- *Kim Polese* — Java's first Product Manager
- *Mark Reinhold* — Chief Architect, Java Platform Group, Oracle
- *Georges Saab* — Senior Vice President, Java Platform Group, Oracle and Chair, OpenJDK Governing Board
- *Paul Sandoz* — Architect, Java Platform Group, Oracle
- *Carla Schroer* — Director of Java Compatibility, Sun Microsystems
- *Sharat Chander* — Senior Director, Java Product Management & Developer Engagement, Oracle
- *Heather VanCura* — Vice President and Java Community Process Chairperson and Director, Oracle

*Java Community*

- *Paul Bakker* — Staff Software Engineer at Netflix
- *Lars Bergstrom* — Director of Engineering, Google Android
- *Andrey Breslav* — Creator of Kotlin
- *Ivar Grimstad* — Jakarta EE Developer Advocate at Eclipse Foundation
- *Rod Johnson* — Creator of Spring
- *Gavin King* — Creator of Hibernate
- *Mark Little* — Vice President Java Runtimes and Java Integration, IBM
- *Josh Long* — Spring Developer Advocate
- *Venkat Subramaniam* — Java Champion, Author & Educator
- *Tagir Valeev* — Technical Lead, Java Team, JetBrains

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# Filmmakers

Directed by: Joey Bania
Produced by: Emma Tracey

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