1. Open Source Software JAVA Sean Thompson Itec 400 4/5/07

2. Basic facts about Java and publicly introduced in 1995. Java is an object-oriented programming language developed by Sun Microsystems, created as a computer programming tool in a small, secret effort called "the Green Project" in 1991 and publicly introduced in 1995. Sun Microsystems provides a GNU General Public License implementation of the Java compiler and Java virtual machine Platform independence - means that a program written in the Java language must run similarly on any supported hardware/operating-system platform. Which lets the programmer write a program once, compile it once, and run it anywhere.

3. Primary Goals of Java There were five primary goals in the creation of the Java language: 1. It should use the object-oriented programming methodology. 2. It should allow the same program to be executed on multiple operating systems. 3. It should contain built-in support for using computer networks. 4. It should be designed to execute code from remote sources securely. 5. It should be easy to use by selecting what was considered the good parts of other object-oriented languages.

4. Ways to Learn Java Colleges and University courses in the Java platform. Subscribing to java based newsletters. Java tutorials and books. signing up for web, virtual, or instructor led courses.

5. Java Communities Open-Source Java Communities OpenJDK OpenJDK As the heart of the Java platform, Java SE is the execution engine and core development technology that enables the Java technology's "write once, run anywhere" promise. OpenJDK Mobile & Embedded Mobile & Embedded The Mobile & Embedded community site establishes a central location for the collaborative development of open source Java ME technologies and applications. Deployed in over 1.5 billion mobile and embedded devices, Java ME represents the ideal development platform for the creation and deployment of mobile data services. GlassFish The GlassFish open-source community collaborates on developing the Java EE Reference Implementation. GlassFish Mobile & Embedded GlassFishJavaworld One of the leading independent sources for Java technology programmers and enterprise managers who require information about the language and related communities

6. Resourses Javaorld.com (2007). Java World. Retrieved April 5, 2007. Web site: http://www.javaworld.com/ Java.com. (2007). Learn About Java Technology. Retrieved April 5, 2007. Web site: http://www.java.com/en/about/http://www.java.com/en/about/ Java.sun.com. (2007). The Java Tuitorials. Retrieved April 5, 2007. Web site: http://www.java.com/en/about/