Java.net

Summary

java.net was[1] a Java technology related community website. It also offered a web-based source code repository for Java projects. It was shut down in April 2017.

java.net
Type of site
News and Collaborative revision control
Available inEnglish
Dissolved28 April 2017
OwnerOracle
URLwww.java.net
RegistrationOptional
Launched2003
Current statusPermanently shut down

History edit

java.net was announced by Sun Microsystems during JavaOne 2003.[2][3]

In January 2010, Oracle announced that it will migrate java.net portal to Project Kenai codebase, encouraging users to move their Kenai projects to java.net.[4][5][6]

In June 2016, Oracle announced that "the Java.net and Kenai.com forges will be going dark on April 28, 2017."[7]

Javapedia edit

The Javapedia project was launched in June 2003 during the JavaOne developer conference.[8][9] It is part of java.net.

The project aims at creating an online encyclopedia covering all aspects of the Java platform.[10] The Javapedia project is openly inspired by Wikipedia.[11]

The prominent differences between Wikipedia and Javapedia include feature restrictions (for example, editing is open to registered users only), software used (TWiki), links (camelCase is used), and content licensing (Creative Commons 1.0 Attribution license).

See also edit

Notes edit

  1. ^ "Java.net Maintenance outage". java.net. April 28, 2017. Retrieved September 19, 2022. We're sorry the java.net site has closed. Most Open Source projects previously hosted on java.net have been relocated. Please contact the corresponding project administrator for relocation information.
  2. ^ "Sun Rolls Out java.com and java.net, Project Rave at JavaOne". embeddedstar.com. June 11, 2003. Archived from the original on July 10, 2011. Retrieved June 13, 2010. Opening the show, Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW), the creator and leading advocate of Java, introduced new Java technologies; tools; communities including java.com for consumers, and java.net for developers
  3. ^ "Sun Microsystems Launches Java.net Portal for Java Technology Collaboration". coverpages.org. June 11, 2003. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
  4. ^ "The Future of Kenai.com". blogs.sun.com. Archived from the original on January 31, 2010. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
  5. ^ "Oracle Moving Project Kenai to java.net". adtmag.com. February 10, 2010. Retrieved June 13, 2010.
  6. ^ "Overview and Frequently Asked Questions for the Developer Community". Oracle Corporation. March 24, 2010. Archived from the original on April 16, 2010. Retrieved June 13, 2010. Our plan is to focus our efforts on Java.net as the hosted community of choice for Java developers. Thus, we are in the process of migrating the Java.net back end to the Kenai technology. This means that projects currently hosted on kenai.com will be migrated to Java.net
  7. ^ "Java.net Forge Sunset". Oracle Community Directory. Archived from the original on May 4, 2016. Retrieved July 10, 2016.
  8. ^ Sun Microsystems unveils java.net, the ultimate destination for developers and focal point for open source collaboration (press release mentioning Javapedia)
  9. ^ The Source for Java Technology Collaboration - iBLOGthere4iM Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ "The Javapedia Project from Sun Microsystems White Papers at ZDNet UK". Archived from the original on September 30, 2007. Retrieved February 23, 2013.
  11. ^ "The Javapedia Project" (Press release). Java.net. June 10, 2003. Archived from the original on January 12, 2008. Retrieved May 28, 2007.

External links edit

  • java.net
  • Javapedia