posted 18 years ago
I heard that when asked to name the language, Gosling was looking out a window at an Oak tree and called it Oak. Apparently, when he was told Oak was taken, he was drinking coffee and said "let's call it Java."
I guess it's a good thing he wasn't in a place of ill repute when told about the name conflict, otherwise the name might not be quite so Christian.
When asked to name the remote programming technology, nobody knew what to call it. Someone was like "err...uhm....eye.." and the marketing people said "Great, RMI, let's go with it."
That's the best I can do.
-Cameron