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The name is bound, Java EE bound

Posted by felipeal on July 31, 2006 at 06:53 PM | Comments (3)

The previous weblog says JEE is The Official Acronym for Java Enterprise Edition. That's not true - the new name for the <img alt="technology formerly known as J2EE"> is - and always have been - Java EE.

If you don't believe me (after all, I'm not a Sun employee :-(, read the following message, sent to all SMI licensess (I'm such a licensee because I was awarded a TCK Scholarship a couple of years ago) last month:

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: SMI-JavaLicenseeEngineering 
Date: Jun 23, 2006 1:31 PM
Subject: Java Platform Naming Convention
To: SMI-JavaLicenseeEngineering 



Back in 2005, Sun Microsystems announced a new Java naming convention,
whereby future versions of the platform would be called
“Java EE 5,” “Java SE 6," and “Java ME.”

However, over the last year we have noticed that a few members of the
Java community are using “JEE” and "JME," rather than
“Java EE” and Java ME." Unfortunately "JEE" has different meanings that
are not associated with Java technology. For example, a Google search on
"JEE" returns topics unrelated to Java EE.

We'd like to encourage you to spell out “Java” - i.e. Java EE, Java SE,
and Java ME – especially in external communications, such as websites
and blogs.

Please take a few minutes to understand the reasons for the new naming
schema, which are spelled out in this article.

http://java.sun.com/developer/technicalArticles/javaone2005/naming.html

Also, take advantage of the resources available, including the FAQs, and
the 1-pager with the naming guidelines at the bottom of the page.

Additional resources: Graham Hamilton's Blog:
http://weblogs.java.net/blog/kgh/archive/2005/06/goodbye_j2se_he_1.html

Thank you, Java community, for your support! Use the Java name and keep
growing your momentum.
So, if you are convinced now, please do your part and spread the word (I hope I have done mine :-).

My 2 rants,

-- Leme, Felipe Leme

PS: the above message is reproduced here with proper authorization...

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  • As far as I interpret the eMail you posted (didn't follow the links inside it) the guys from Sun only insist on not using JEE or similar, but say nothing about whether it is "Java EE" or "Java Ent. Ed."

    Personally if writing, I write "Java EE", but I see it as an abbreviation and so when speaking I say "Java Ent. Ed."

    Makes sense for me :)

    Posted by: ricon on August 03, 2006 at 12:32 AM

  • Hi ricon,

    I think your interpretation is overestimating the part where they say We'd like to encourage you to spell out “Java”. Everywhere else over the email - and also in the two links (sorry for not providing an HREF, but I wanted to paste the message in a pristine form) - they explicitely mentions Java ?E.

    Besides, this new form is barely an abbreviation (as it has the whole Java word on it), so expanding the ?E would make even less sense. What's the purpose of using a 14-letters abbreviation (like Java Ent. Ed.)? Better call it J21N (J + 21 letters [ava Enterprise Editio] + N-) then :-)

    -- Felipe

    Posted by: felipeal on August 03, 2006 at 06:03 AM

  • You got me wrong, I only wrote Ent.Ed. here - of course I do not say Ent. Ed. (which btw. sounds like "Java ends" in German ;))

    Posted by: ricon on August 04, 2006 at 09:46 AM



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