Sun has cut off the "1." to change J2SE 1.5.0 to J2SE 5.0. The reason for the change? Sun claims that "this is the most significant upgrade to the Java platform and programming language since its initial release nearly one decade ago", and that this version is worthy.
Apparently there were talks to rename to "J5SE", but there was thought that the J2EE brand means too much to change.
Aren't version numbers fun?
Read the press release: Sun introduces most significant and advanced Java platform release in 5 years
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Time for 5: Java brand changes to J2SE and J2EE 5.0 (52 messages)
- Posted by: Dion Almaer
- Posted on: June 28 2004 20:58 EDT
Threaded Messages (52)
- meh by Daniel Ritchey on June 28 2004 21:42 EDT
- had to check the calendar by Craig Pfeifer on June 28 2004 22:01 EDT
- had to check the calendar by Juergen Hoeller on June 29 2004 03:08 EDT
- had to check the calendar by Alexander Jerusalem on June 29 2004 07:13 EDT
- had to check the calendar by kj kjh on June 29 2004 08:36 EDT
- had to check the calendar by Juergen Hoeller on June 29 2004 03:08 EDT
- Time for 5: Java brand changes to J2SE and J2EE 5.0 by John Davies on June 28 2004 22:02 EDT
- This news is old... :) by Bruno Borges on June 28 2004 23:37 EDT
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This news is old... :) by John Davies on June 29 2004 04:38 EDT
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Don't blame Sun... by b b on June 29 2004 04:40 EDT
- Don't blame Sun... by Jens Voss on June 29 2004 04:47 EDT
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Don't blame Sun... by b b on June 29 2004 04:40 EDT
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JSE and JEE by mike wong on June 29 2004 07:11 EDT
- JSE and JEE by Steve Demuth on June 29 2004 10:00 EDT
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This news is old... :) by John Davies on June 29 2004 04:38 EDT
- This news is old... :) by Bruno Borges on June 28 2004 23:37 EDT
- Poor try Sun... by Karl Banke on June 29 2004 03:17 EDT
- Time for 5: Java brand changes to J2SE and J2EE 5.0 by Lars Stitz on June 29 2004 03:43 EDT
- Time for 5: Java brand changes to J2SE and J2EE 5.0 by Valeri Sarantchouk on June 29 2004 09:12 EDT
- oh my god... by Maurizio Turatti on June 29 2004 04:30 EDT
- oh my god... by John Davies on June 29 2004 04:42 EDT
- oh my god... by Maurizio Turatti on June 29 2004 05:17 EDT
- oh my god... by John Davies on June 29 2004 04:42 EDT
- It was inevidable by Doug Bateman on June 29 2004 04:59 EDT
- Be serious by Arne Vajh??j on June 29 2004 05:47 EDT
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Be serious by Alexander Jerusalem on June 29 2004 06:50 EDT
- Number 9 must go to Hogwarts . . . by Gary Herrington on June 29 2004 09:43 EDT
- Be serious by Michael Rasmussen on June 29 2004 11:03 EDT
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Be serious by Alexander Jerusalem on June 29 2004 06:50 EDT
- It was inevidable by Lars Stitz on June 29 2004 06:40 EDT
- It was inevidable by Juergen Hoeller on June 29 2004 06:53 EDT
- Be serious by Arne Vajh??j on June 29 2004 05:47 EDT
- As long as they don't count backwards I'm fine by Alexander Jerusalem on June 29 2004 06:58 EDT
- Significant upgrade by Daniel Holmes on June 29 2004 07:21 EDT
- Time for 5: Java brand changes to J2SE and J2EE 5.0 by Valeri Sarantchouk on June 29 2004 08:37 EDT
- Time for 5: Java brand changes to J2SE and J2EE 5.0 by John Murray on June 29 2004 09:47 EDT
- Eh? by Nipsu on June 29 2004 10:17 EDT
- But the most important question is... by Jonathan Gibbons on June 29 2004 10:24 EDT
- Eh? by Craig Pfeifer on June 29 2004 10:28 EDT
- Eh? by Burek Jogurt on June 29 2004 10:39 EDT
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Eh? by kj kjh on June 30 2004 04:00 EDT
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Eh? by JT Wenting on June 30 2004 08:18 EDT
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Did they coordinate with thetech guys by Daniel Holmes on June 30 2004 01:31 EDT
- Why to change? by Michal Ambroz on June 30 2004 04:03 EDT
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Did they coordinate with thetech guys by Daniel Holmes on June 30 2004 01:31 EDT
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Eh? by JT Wenting on June 30 2004 08:18 EDT
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Eh? by kj kjh on June 30 2004 04:00 EDT
- This from the Land of Solaris 9 by Bryan Headley on June 29 2004 10:55 EDT
- Not good for my cert :) by Michael Rasmussen on June 29 2004 10:56 EDT
- Not good for my cert :) by David Jones on June 29 2004 13:35 EDT
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Not good for my cert :) by Vic Cekvenich on June 29 2004 05:18 EDT
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Biggest of the mistakes by Dushyanth Inguva on June 29 2004 11:57 EDT
- Biggest of the mistakes by michau slowinskiewski on June 30 2004 01:57 EDT
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Wake me up ... by Sumit K on June 30 2004 02:34 EDT
- Why the inconsistency? by Dushyanth Inguva on June 30 2004 10:18 EDT
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Biggest of the mistakes by Dushyanth Inguva on June 29 2004 11:57 EDT
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Not good for my cert :) by Vic Cekvenich on June 29 2004 05:18 EDT
- Not good for my cert :) by Randy Schnier on June 29 2004 16:22 EDT
- Not good for my cert :) by David Jones on June 29 2004 13:35 EDT
- Time for 5: Java brand changes to J2SE and J2EE 5.0 ?? by hoo fi on June 29 2004 11:14 EDT
- Time for 5: Java brand changes to J2SE and J2EE 5.0 by David Jones on June 29 2004 13:30 EDT
- Time for complete re-certification by Valeri Sarantchouk on June 29 2004 14:15 EDT
- What to call the next major version? by Michael Mahemoff on June 29 2004 13:47 EDT
- even more dramatic naming by Valeri Sarantchouk on June 29 2004 16:00 EDT
- Plug my message in here by Leif Ashley on June 29 2004 15:33 EDT
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meh[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Daniel Ritchey
- Posted on: June 28 2004 21:42 EDT
- in response to Dion Almaer
Why not drop the '2' while there at it? Or has J2EE become to much of an entrenched buzzword? -
had to check the calendar[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Craig Pfeifer
- Posted on: June 28 2004 22:01 EDT
- in response to Dion Almaer
I thought this was an April fools story. -
had to check the calendar[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Juergen Hoeller
- Posted on: June 29 2004 03:08 EDT
- in response to Craig Pfeifer
I thought this was an April fools story.
I thought so too when I saw the headline.
It's quite hard to come up with more confusing version numbering than Sun. They already made a similar version number jump with Solaris 8, now they're doing it again with J2SE 5.
Try to explain that to someone: After a lot of marketing on Java *2* version *1.5*, it's now Java *2* version *5.0* which follows up on Java *2* version *1.4*. Don't we love marketing decisions.
Regarding "the most significant upgrade to the Java platform": It still seems to me that JDK 1.2 was more significant (e.g. Collections API). They should have gone to 2.0 at that point of time.
I guess this is simply too much for my mathematical, orderly mind ;-)
Juergen -
had to check the calendar[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Alexander Jerusalem
- Posted on: June 29 2004 07:13 EDT
- in response to Juergen Hoeller
Unless you're Oracle. It's JDeveloper 10g version 9.0.5.2. :-)I thought this was an April fools story.
I thought so too when I saw the headline.It's quite hard to come up with more confusing version numbering than Sun.
There seems to be a tradition that aims to solve the Dilbertian antagonism between engineering and marketing. It's just less bothersome to explain the versioning confusion to outsiders than to have the two internal camps talk to each other. I can imagine the financial markets even demand that it be handled this way, because otherwise productivity would fall sharply due to infighting. -
had to check the calendar[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: kj kjh
- Posted on: June 29 2004 08:36 EDT
- in response to Juergen Hoeller
Oh crap. J2EE 5.0. Why is it not J5EE? As the poster above states, this is hardly surprising, considering that Solaris 8 = Solaris 2.8.
I'm waiting whether I will have c:\j2sdk1.5.0_01 or c:\j2dsk5.0_01 on my hard disk. Probably c:\j2sdk1.5.0_01 so that the confusion will be maximised. -
Time for 5: Java brand changes to J2SE and J2EE 5.0[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: John Davies
- Posted on: June 28 2004 22:02 EDT
- in response to Dion Almaer
I'm not a marketing person but this seems like a bloody good idea to me.
I was waiting for Java 3 but this is far more logical.
Nice one Sun, there is someone in your marketing department then!!!
-John- -
This news is old... :)[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Bruno Borges
- Posted on: June 28 2004 23:37 EDT
- in response to John Davies
I have posted this break news at JavaFree.com.br more than 1 month ago
Here is the post:
http://www.javafree.com.br/home/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=1315
And here is the ugly Google's translation from Portuguese to English:
http://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.javafree.com.br%2Fhome%2Fmodules.php%3Fname%3DNews%26file%3Darticle%26sid%3D1315&langpair=pt%7Cen&hl=pt&ie=UTF-8&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&prev=%2Flanguage_tools
I have heard this from a friend of mine who works at Oracle and have contacts with people from Sun. :)
So, how about that? Brazil making break news!
BTW, I love this idea about change version... :)
my 2c? :)
see ya...
miojo -
This news is old... :)[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: John Davies
- Posted on: June 29 2004 04:38 EDT
- in response to Bruno Borges
I have posted this break news at JavaFree.com.br more than 1 month ago
I always said Brazil was the place to be these days!!!
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So, how about that? Brazil making break news!
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miojo
-John- -
Don't blame Sun...[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: b b
- Posted on: June 29 2004 04:40 EDT
- in response to John Davies
Wasn't it Microsoft that started this by jumping from Word 2.0 to 6.0? -
Don't blame Sun...[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Jens Voss
- Posted on: June 29 2004 04:47 EDT
- in response to b b
Wasn't it Microsoft that started this by jumping from Word 2.0 to 6.0?
... and then on even to Word 97 and Word 2000! -
JSE and JEE[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: mike wong
- Posted on: June 29 2004 07:11 EDT
- in response to Bruno Borges
just make it JSE 5.0 and JEE 5.0 or maybe JavaSE 5.0 and JavaEE 5.0, cool wat do you think guys? -
JSE and JEE[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Steve Demuth
- Posted on: June 29 2004 10:00 EDT
- in response to mike wong
I think going to whole unit numbering (from the 1.x stuff) is an excellent idea. It conforms much more closely with industry practice.
Which makes only the 2 in J2SE and J2EE a source of confusion.
So, I agree with Mike, just make it JSE 5.0 and JEE 5.0. -
Poor try Sun...[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Karl Banke
- Posted on: June 29 2004 03:17 EDT
- in response to Dion Almaer
...as everyone knows it should be 5.1.2 to make clear that it is not a GA version but at least the fourth or so service pack. Gives you peace of mind suddenly, doesn't it :-) -
Time for 5: Java brand changes to J2SE and J2EE 5.0[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Lars Stitz
- Posted on: June 29 2004 03:43 EDT
- in response to Dion Almaer
I think this is the worst news in a long, long time to be heard from Sun. It's definitely worse than paying blackmail money to SCO. I mean, it already was stupid to call Java 1.2 the "Java 2 SDK", but why did they choose to skip two versions now? Ahh, well, I see they did not: they call it "Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0".
Disgusted,
Lars -
Time for 5: Java brand changes to J2SE and J2EE 5.0[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Valeri Sarantchouk
- Posted on: June 29 2004 09:12 EDT
- in response to Lars Stitz
Surely, the worst *surprise* from Sun.
Reminds me of a (humorous) Cameron's blog about IoC renaming:
<quote>
It's been a few months since it's been renamed, and I sensed that it was well overdue for yet another change, so I have decided to take it upon myself to rename it to [..], which is [..] for short. This term should last through September '04 or so, so keep in mind that we need to be working on some new terminology somewhere in the August timeframe.
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oh my god...[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Maurizio Turatti
- Posted on: June 29 2004 04:30 EDT
- in response to Dion Almaer
Why they don't call it J(Math.Random()*100)EE version <put-here-any-exaggerated-number>? Wasn't stupid and misleading enough to call JDK 1.2 Java 2 ?
Is this serious marketing? -
oh my god...[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: John Davies
- Posted on: June 29 2004 04:42 EDT
- in response to Maurizio Turatti
Why they don't call it J(Math.Random()*100)EE version <put-here-any-exaggerated-number>? Wasn't stupid and misleading enough to call JDK 1.2 Java 2 ?Is this serious marketing?
Simple, because (Math.Random()*100) returns a double not an int! :-)
Anyway with a static import from J((int) sqrt(25))SE you don't need the "Math." part anymore. :-)
-John- -
oh my god...[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Maurizio Turatti
- Posted on: June 29 2004 17:17 EDT
- in response to John Davies
Simple, because (Math.Random()*100) returns a double not an int! :-)Anyway with a static import from J((int) sqrt(25))SE you don't need the "Math." part anymore. :-)-John-
Of course you are right, but even more impressive would be to show some decimals... ;) Seriously, I think JDK 1.5 is a big step beyond, it is supposed to be used by serious people, it do not deserves videogame-like advertising, IMHO. I would have better understood from Sun something like "We think JDK 1.5 is so new that it is really a 2.0". -
It was inevidable[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Doug Bateman
- Posted on: June 29 2004 04:59 EDT
- in response to Dion Almaer
The need for a radical jump in version numbering was sown way back when someone at Sun decided to market Java 1.2 as Java2. Ever since that very moment, a Java 2.0 was impossible, as it would lead to mass confusion. Sure, maybe Java 3.0 would make sense... but if Java 1.2 was called Java2, why not call Java 1.5 Java 5.0.
The important thing all this Java2 version numbering nonsense will be over, and we can have sane version numbers from here on forward. Good job Sun! -
Be serious[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Arne Vajh??j
- Posted on: June 29 2004 05:47 EDT
- in response to Doug Bateman
That SUN marketing already made one mistake is no reason to do
a new one.
The "Java 2" decision was wrong, because it created a lot of confusion.
1.4->5.0 will also create a lot of confusion. And is therefore wrong
as well.
Basicly I think it shows that the marketing people does not
understand the Java market. Java is for IT professionals. They
primarily are interested in functionailty/facts not in marketing.
If they were convinced by marketing they would be using an Microsoft
product !
And I am surprised that those people has not learned from the
Solaris 8 / Solaris 2.8 / SunOS 5.8 naming disaster. -
Be serious[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Alexander Jerusalem
- Posted on: June 29 2004 06:50 EDT
- in response to Arne Vajh??j
That SUN marketing already made one mistake is no reason to doa new one.The "Java 2" decision was wrong, because it created a lot of confusion.1.4->5.0 will also create a lot of confusion.
I was in Dublin the other day. The tourist guide there told us a story about the new platform 10 they had built at the local train station. The existing platforms were numbered 1 to 8. The press release issued by the rail authority said that this numbering scheme was put in place "to avoid confusion" :-) -
Number 9 must go to Hogwarts . . .[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Gary Herrington
- Posted on: June 29 2004 09:43 EDT
- in response to Alexander Jerusalem
:)
-gh -
Be serious[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Michael Rasmussen
- Posted on: June 29 2004 11:03 EDT
- in response to Arne Vajh??j
I think it shows that the marketing people does notunderstand the Java market. Java is for IT professionals. Theyprimarily are interested in functionailty/facts not in marketing.If they were convinced by marketing they would be using an Microsoftproduct !And I am surprised that those people has not learned from theSolaris 8 / Solaris 2.8 / SunOS 5.8 naming disaster.
You are correct. Java developers are not swayed by marketing. We know we are using a wonderful platform so we use it. But how do you convince those using MS products (The weak willed marketing influenced people as you portray them) to switch. You influence them with superior marketing. This is who sun is targeting. they know you will not stop using Java because of a version number. So they take advantage of your knowledge in the situation and prey on the weak willed easily influenced IT manager who says "ooh v5, we gotta check that out." -
It was inevidable[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Lars Stitz
- Posted on: June 29 2004 06:40 EDT
- in response to Doug Bateman
The need for a radical jump in version numbering was sown way back when someone at Sun decided to market Java 1.2 as Java2. Ever since that very moment, a Java 2.0 was impossible, as it would lead to mass confusion. Sure, maybe Java 3.0 would make sense... but if Java 1.2 was called Java2, why not call Java 1.5 Java 5.0. The important thing all this Java2 version numbering nonsense will be over, and we can have sane version numbers from here on forward.
But neither will the naming nonsense be over, nor will Java 1.5 be called Java 5.0: It will be called "Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE) 5.0". So, it will essentially be Java 2 (as they don't want to loose all their J2SE, J"EE brands).
<sarcasm>Why not simply call it Java XP and end the whole misery?</sarcasm>
Still disgusted,
Lars -
It was inevidable[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Juergen Hoeller
- Posted on: June 29 2004 06:53 EDT
- in response to Doug Bateman
The important thing all this Java2 version numbering nonsense will be over, and we can have sane version numbers from here on forward. Good job Sun!
The problem is that there are a *lot* of existing Java environments out, based on JDK 1.3 and 1.4. We will continue to see those for some years to come... There will be lots of products that have to run on both J2SE 1.4.2 and J2SE 5.0, etc. Some level of confusion is inevitable.
It's too late to resolve the version number issue in a satisfactory fashion; they should have done this long ago. Such a fundamental version number change at this late point of time arguably causes more confusion that it resolves.
Juergen -
As long as they don't count backwards I'm fine[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Alexander Jerusalem
- Posted on: June 29 2004 06:58 EDT
- in response to Dion Almaer
So please Sun, don't let version 4.3 follow version 5, OK? -
Significant upgrade[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Daniel Holmes
- Posted on: June 29 2004 07:21 EDT
- in response to Dion Almaer
I'm confused by the "significant upgrade" rational. Isn't it just for loop syntax and enumerations? There is no upgrade that actually extends the byte code format, so how significant could it be. Also such a major version change ought to actually obsolete rather than carry forward depricated stuff from a half dozen years ago. -
Time for 5: Java brand changes to J2SE and J2EE 5.0[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Valeri Sarantchouk
- Posted on: June 29 2004 08:37 EDT
- in response to Dion Almaer
Why do marketing people decide the software versioning/numbering?
Doesn't a well-established software platform speak for itself?
Such a cheap trick. Soooo cheap... -
Time for 5: Java brand changes to J2SE and J2EE 5.0[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: John Murray
- Posted on: June 29 2004 09:47 EDT
- in response to Dion Almaer
Larger numbers help us people who work for a living convince the pointy haired of the world that an upgrade is needed. Unfortunately, it also causes the pointy haired to demand an upgrade where one is not needed. -
Eh?[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Nipsu
- Posted on: June 29 2004 10:17 EDT
- in response to Dion Almaer
JDK 1.5 (aka Tiger) is the fifth iteration of Java platform.
The internal version number is 1.5. To the public it's 5. It's not the Java 5 that's messed up but the internal 1.5. The evolution from 1.4 to 1.5 deserves a bigger change than '1st decimal'.
Why this outrage? Should these be protested too?
- Borland went to C++ BuilderX from C++ Builder6
- MS went to 1.0, 2.0, 3.0, 3.1, 3.11, 95, ME, NT 3.51, NT 4, NT 2000, XP, whatever.
- Oracle's four digit scheme 9.0.5.2 (Eh?)
- Visual Studio 97, Visual Studio 6, Visual Studio .NET 2002, Visual Studio 2005
This is somehow totally different and incomprehensible?
Java up to 1.1.x
Java 2 after Java and up to 1.4.x
Java 5 after Java 2 and up to 1.6? -
But the most important question is...[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Jonathan Gibbons
- Posted on: June 29 2004 10:24 EDT
- in response to Nipsu
Is this better or worse than .Net?
Surely we must have a debate on this!
5 for 2005, a year early. As opposed to 2000 released in 2001 a year late. Java is a sure fire winner...
Jonathan -
Eh?[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Craig Pfeifer
- Posted on: June 29 2004 10:28 EDT
- in response to Nipsu
The best part of the Java 1.1 -> Java2 (1.2) switchover was that it confused many recruiters, so it made it easy to sort out the ones that knew what they were talking about from the others. -
Eh?[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Burek Jogurt
- Posted on: June 29 2004 10:39 EDT
- in response to Nipsu
This is somehow totally different and incomprehensible?Java up to 1.1.xJava 2 after Java and up to 1.4.xJava 5 after Java 2 and up to 1.6?
Its not Java 5 after Java 2 its still Java 2, just version 5 (or up until now 1.5). Not confusing, eh? :). -
Eh?[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: kj kjh
- Posted on: June 30 2004 04:00 EDT
- in response to Burek Jogurt
Its not Java 5 after Java 2 its still Java 2, just version 5 (or up until now 1.5). Not confusing, eh? :).
Yes, uh, wait, what was Java 2, version 1 then? :) -
Eh?[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: JT Wenting
- Posted on: June 30 2004 08:18 EDT
- in response to kj kjh
There wasn't one. The first version was Java 2 version 1.2.0 >:)Its not Java 5 after Java 2 its still Java 2, just version 5 (or up until now 1.5). Not confusing, eh? :).
Yes, uh, wait, what was Java 2, version 1 then? :)
So now we have Java 2 SDK 5.0 version 1.5.0 and counting >:) -
Did they coordinate with thetech guys[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Daniel Holmes
- Posted on: June 30 2004 13:31 EDT
- in response to JT Wenting
So when I do System.getProperty("java.version") will I get 5_0_0 or 1_5_0.
Kind of like if you've ever seen web logs where a Windows 2000 system still identifies itself as NT5 :-) -
Why to change?[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Michal Ambroz
- Posted on: June 30 2004 16:03 EDT
- in response to Daniel Holmes
It is nonsence to change? It will bring a lot of confusion. Marketing people just need to be seen. -
This from the Land of Solaris 9[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Bryan Headley
- Posted on: June 29 2004 10:55 EDT
- in response to Dion Almaer
And since Solaris != the real rev, well, whatever...
Idjits. -
Not good for my cert :)[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Michael Rasmussen
- Posted on: June 29 2004 10:56 EDT
- in response to Dion Almaer
Employer: Are you certified in Java?
Me: Why of course. Here is my cert card.
Employer: It says here you are certified in Java 2.
Me: Yes that's correct.
Employer: Well sun just released Java v5. Dont you think its time to update your skills?
Me: You're a dumbass. -
Not good for my cert :)[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: David Jones
- Posted on: June 29 2004 13:35 EDT
- in response to Michael Rasmussen
Employer: Are you certified in Java?
Me: I have 10 years of programming experience 5 of which is in Java.
Employer: Maybe you should get certified.
Me: You're a dumbass. -
Not good for my cert :)[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Vic Cekvenich
- Posted on: June 29 2004 17:18 EDT
- in response to David Jones
LOL -
Biggest of the mistakes[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Dushyanth Inguva
- Posted on: June 29 2004 23:57 EDT
- in response to Vic Cekvenich
Sun has continuously been making mistakes.
And this is the BIGGEST of em all (Im sure they will break this record with another one soon ;-) ).
Points against this decision:
1. Why J2SE or J2EE ??? Why not J5SE @least to be consistent?
2. Why skip the number 3?? Some one does not like it?? Why not J3SE, J3EE
3. Look at the number of posts above this one. 99% of all developers hate it.
I hope Sun actually reads all the replies and retracts the blunder.
Very Very Very disappointed
Dushyanth Inguva -
Biggest of the mistakes[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: michau slowinskiewski
- Posted on: June 30 2004 01:57 EDT
- in response to Dushyanth Inguva
i think that 30 September all of those developers you`re writing about, will be really happy because of official J2SE 5.0 :-) forget about numbers - its only marketing, developers really don`t care about details like this more than 2 days :-) just enjoy new Java -
Wake me up ...[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Sumit K
- Posted on: June 30 2004 02:34 EDT
- in response to Dushyanth Inguva
Man, you guys must have even less to do than the Sun marketing guys to expend so much energy on dissecting a version number. Can't comprehend a slightly inconsistent version name? Now onder they needed to simplify the EJB APIs. -
Why the inconsistency?[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Dushyanth Inguva
- Posted on: June 30 2004 22:18 EDT
- in response to Sumit K
Sure... they can name it Java 10342.23
But, why the inconsistency? -
Not good for my cert :)[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Randy Schnier
- Posted on: June 29 2004 16:22 EDT
- in response to Michael Rasmussen
Big LOL.
I'd love to see a transcript of the marketing meeting at Sun where the new naming convention was formulated, and the debate for/against keeping the "J2" part. -
Time for 5: Java brand changes to J2SE and J2EE 5.0 ??[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: hoo fi
- Posted on: June 29 2004 11:14 EDT
- in response to Dion Almaer
j2se5.0 not j2EE 5.0 -
Time for 5: Java brand changes to J2SE and J2EE 5.0[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: David Jones
- Posted on: June 29 2004 13:30 EDT
- in response to Dion Almaer
I think they did it so they had something new to announce :-) -
Time for complete re-certification[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Valeri Sarantchouk
- Posted on: June 29 2004 14:15 EDT
- in response to David Jones
...and collect re-certification fees :) -
What to call the next major version?[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Michael Mahemoff
- Posted on: June 29 2004 13:47 EDT
- in response to Dion Almaer
Place your bets gentlemen, the book is now open for the version after the Java 2 Standard Platform Edition 1.5. Which will it be?
* J2SE 6.0 the uninspired choice at even money.
* J3SE 5.0 a fighting chance at 3/1
* J3SE 6.0 the dark horse at 10/1
* J2SE 1.6 good money at 20/1
* Or choose any other flavour at 50/1 (Here's a tip: 5 divided by 1.4 is about 3.57. If the next version multiplies by the same amount, that'd be J2SE 17.85.) -
even more dramatic naming[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Valeri Sarantchouk
- Posted on: June 29 2004 16:00 EDT
- in response to Michael Mahemoff
Why do we keep the "J" in the name? Drop it off as auxiliary and
redundant (common, Java is everywhere, guys)! Year numbers are in
fashion this season, so the whole thing is ready to fly like this:
* SE Odyssey 2005
* EE (code named X)
Linus should be listening too, because Linux naming tradition gets boring, -
the upcoming 2.7 kernel should be renamed it to Linux-Millenium Edition
to reflect the significance of the new features and improvements.
On a broader scope, software industry should adopt this naming convention:
give each version of your software a distinctive (or better, unique) name
to imply that the newer version has nothing to do with the previous one:) -
Plug my message in here[ Go to top ]
- Posted by: Leif Ashley
- Posted on: June 29 2004 15:33 EDT
- in response to Dion Almaer
I think they should go ahead, and follow MS to call it:
J-Two-SE 2004 and J-Too-EE '04. Why not keep them separate and confusing for everyone just like they did in the past? lol
Actually I think this is obviously an idea that's been needed for a while. You can't change J2SE to J3SE... they're buzzwords now. However I never did understand why the crap version 2, 3, 4 would be 1.2, 1.3, 1.4... what the crap is the "one" anyway?
Glad to see SUN is actually marketing java for a change. Give 'em a break guys!