Where did Java come from?

• 1994: "Star Seven" Developed by Sun
  • Designed for embedded systems
  • C++ was too complex
  
  
• Early 1995: applied to WWW
  • Renamed "Oak"
  • Web browser "WebRunner" written in Oak
  
  
• Mid 1995: "Java" unleashed
  • Renamed again because "Oak" was already used
  • Browser now called "Hot Java"
  • Everybody jumps on the bandwagon