http://www.javasoft.com/previous.html (PC Press Internet CD, 03/1996)
February 26 - Rogue Wave Software is now shipping JFactory, a visual designer and code generator for the Java language. Now Java development is easier than ever. ( more information )
February 22 - USA Today reported today the work of a Princeton professor and two Princeton graduate students who claim Netscape's Navigator 2.0 allows a Java applet to be manipulated in a way that breaches network security on a system running the applet. What's the story? (with patch status update - March 5 )
February 20 - SOFTBANK Exposition and Conference Company today announced JavaOne, the first Worldwide Java(tm) Developer Conference, officially sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Inc.'s JavaSoft, to be held May 29-31 at San Francisco's Moscone Center. ( more information on the Conference )
February 20 - JavaSoft today announced the JDBC database access API which will provide Java programmers access to relational databases. This API has been endorsed by leading database vendors, connectivity vendors, and database tools vendors. (For more information, see the complete press release.)
February 15, 1996 - International Data Group (IDG), the world's leading computer publishing, research, and exposition company, today launched 
Magazine on the World Wide Web. The electronic publication, or "webzine," will be linked from the Java home page and will also be accessible directly at http://www.javaworld.com>.
February 14th, 1995 - Borland International announced today that a pre-release version of the Borland Debugger (TM) for Java (TM) is available to download. "We are pleased to make this pre-release version the Borland Debugger(TM) available to the Java developer community worldwide, making their development of Java appllications dramtically more productive," said Jack Oswald, Director of Marketing for Borland's Internet Products Group. ( more information and downloading instructions )
February 13, 1996 - JavaSoft today announced availability of the Java Developer's Kit 1.0, Beta 1 Release for Macintosh. ( downloading instructions )
February 6, 1996 - OpenConnect Systems, a pioneer in TCP/IP-to-SNA connectivity and interoperability solutions has announced a powerful new Internet-style, Java-enhanced technology that allows users to access mainframe data from their desktop using Web browsers. OpenConnect has embedded Java applets in Web-based browser software which bring 3270 (and other terminal type) connectivity to the desktop. (For more information, see the complete press release.)
February 2, 1996 - In a sweeping move designed to reshape the economics of the
microprocessor market, Sun Microelectronics (formerly SPARC Technology Business), a division of Sun Microsystems, Inc., unveiled today the industry's first microprocessor family optimized for Java
. (For more information, see the complete press release.)
January 23, 1996 - JavaSoft, the newly-formed operating company of Sun Microsystems, Inc., today announced that the JavaTM 1.0 programming environment is now available for download at http://java.sun.com. "Java's write-once-run-everywhere capability along with its easy accessibility have propelled the software and Internet communities to embrace it as the de facto standard for writing applications for complex networks," said Alan Baratz, JavaSoft's newly appointed president. "We're delighted to invite developers to download Java 1.0 immediately and start building the next killer application.".(For more information, see the complete press release.)
January 18, 1996 - Precision Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ--PSYS) today announced UniPort Release 7.0, the latest version of the company's popular software solution for enhanced communications services. UniPort 7.0 incorporates Sun Microsystems' powerful Java object-oriented programming language, which has been widely heralded as one of the most innovative technologies developed for the Internet and for interactivity.(For more information, see the complete press release.)
January 9, 1996 - Sun Microsystems, Inc. (SUNW) today announced the formation of a new business unit, JavaSoft, and a new president to lead that unit, Dr. Alan Baratz, formerly president and CEO of Delphi Internet Services Corporation. (For more information, see the complete press release.)
December 7, 1995 - Today Microsoft has announced that it has signed a letter of intent with Sun for a Java technology source license and that Sun and Microsoft are working through the licensing details. (For more information, see the complete press release.)
December 6, 1996 - IBM has licensed Sun Microsystems' Java programming language to improve the way customers view and interact with Internet content. (For more information, see the complete press release.)
December 6, 1995 - Adobe Systems Inc. announced today it has signed an agreement with Sun Microsystems Inc. to broadly license Sun's Java programming language and integrate Java support into future versions of Adobe PageMill Web authoring software and Adobe Acrobat electronic document software. (For more information, see the complete press release.)
December 4, 1995 - Sun Microsystems, Inc. has announced the Java Cup International, a contest to promote the creation and public availability of small, platform-independent applications called Java "applets." Software developers will compete to develop the most innovative and creative applets. The Java Cup International contest begins immediately and ends March 31, 1996. Winners will be announced in May 1996. (For more information, visit http://javacontest.sun.com/.)
December 4, 1995 - Netscape Communications Corporation and Sun Microsystems, Inc., today announced JavaScript(TM), an open, cross-platform object scripting language for the creation and customization of applications on enterprise networks and the Internet. For more information, see the complete press release.)
December 4, 1995 - Sun, Silicon Graphics and Macromedia announce they have agreed to work together
on a new set of open multimedia formats and application programming
interfaces (APIs).
In addition, SGI announces it is licensing Java. (For more information, see the complete press release.)
December 4, 1995 - Sun, Silicon Graphics and Netscape announce mutual endorsement of technologies that will merge 3D, multimedia and interactivity on the World Wide Web, including Java, JavaScript and VRML. (For more information, see the complete press release.)
November 13, 1995 - At COMDEX in Las Vegas, Java wins the PC Magazine Award for Technical Excellence in the Internet Tools category.
November 8, 1995 - Several vendors announced Java licensing at Java Day at Sun's Menlo Park campus.
