Oak is now referred to as Java
The original plan was to call the Java language "Oak", but it turned out there already was a programming language of that name, so they changed the name. Java is of course unrelated to this other "Oak" language, the one that had already reserved the name.
Java programing language was designed by James Gosling and it was initially called as "Oak" but later it was renamed to "Java" in the year 1995.
The programming language known as Java was named "Oak" originally.
Java is a general purpose, high-level programming language developed by Sun Microsystems. A small team of engineers, known as the Green Team, initiated the language in 1991. Java was originally called OAK, and was designed for handheld devices and set-top boxes. Oak was unsuccessful, so in 1995 Sun changed the name to Java and modified the language to take advantage of the burgeoning World Wide Web.
Oak was a programming language created by James Gosling in 1991, initially for Sun Microsystems set-top box project. The language later evolved to become Java.The name Oak was used by Gosling after an oak tree that stood outside his office.
James Gosling was the originator of Oak, the programming language that eventually evolved into Java. He retained a large role in overseeing the design of the Java language itself. The primary developer of the JVM and JDK (and related software) which implemented the Java language was Sun Microsystems, Inc. They were bought out by Oracle, Inc. in 2009.
James Gosling, PhD (born May 19, 1955 near Calgary, Alberta, Canada), along with other engineers and scientists, invented Java. Gosling is a famous software developer and is actually best known as the father of the Java programming language.
First when it was developed , it was named as Oak , then after sometime its name changed to Green , finally it is renamed as "Java" from Java Coffee . It is also said that a lot of this coffee was consumed by java creators at that time .
The story goes that Java was originally going to be called Oak. However, while the designers were happy with the name, they found that another, albeit dead, programming language was already called Oak. So, trying to come up with a new name, they were all sitting around drinking coffee (commonly called "java" in some areas), and the name hit them in a caffeine-induced haze.
The Java Programming Language was originally named Oak because of an oak tree that stood outside one of the founders' office. It was then renamed to Green, and then renamed to Java because supposedly the creators of the Java Language consumed large amounts of Java coffee.
The java language was create in early 90's by a group of Sun engineers called the "Green Team" led by James Gosling. By the way this language was first called "Oak".
In 1991 Oak was created by the members of the Green Project which included James Gosling (Chief Programmer) , Patrick Naughton and Mike Sheridan. Patenting issues gave a new name to Oke -Java