Java Background

• Java was created in 1991 by James Gosling et al. of Sun Microsystems.
  Initially called Oak, in honor of the tree outside Gosling's window, its name was changed to Java because there was already a language called Oak.
  
• The original motivation for Java
  The need for platform independent language that could be embedded in various consumer electronic products.
  
• One of the first projects developed using Java
  a personal hand-held remote control named Star 7.
  At about the same time, the World Wide Web and the Internet were gaining popularity. Gosling et. al. realized that Java could be used for Internet programming.