Fifth International World Wide Web Conference
History of the development of Java
- Java/HotJava announced in April '95 - Alpha software release made
available
- Netscape licensed Java in May '95
- OSF ports of Alpha software started in June 1995
- Beta Java Developers Kit preliminary release in September '95 - no HotJava,
but support for other Java-capable browsers
- JDK release in January '96
Java - An Introductory Language Tutorial
(E.A.Johnson)