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June/July 1994. After 3 day brain storm session with John Gage, James Gosling, Bill Joy, Patrick Naughton, Wayne Rosing, and Eric Schmidt, they decided to used the technology for the internet.

1994. Oak renamed as Java after a search found that the name had already been copyrighted for another language. Java chosen at a local coffee shop for the names '''J'''ames Gosling, '''A'''rthur '''V'''an hoff and '''A'''ndy Bechtolsheim.

''V''an hoff and ''A''ndy Bechtolsheim.

First public release: May 23, 1995. Joint release between Sun and Netscape. Annoucement done by