This months JDJ features two articles discussing the history of Java. One written by the very first Java Product Manager, Kim Polese From Here to Ubiquity. The second is my fly on the wall observations from my Sun days Ten Years of Java Technology. I transferred to Javasoft in 1996 from another Sun division, it was a true startup atmosphere compared to the rest of Sun. We only had one director for the whole of Java and the all hands would fit in a small open space! Things are a little different today.