Java
About
Shot over 14 months across 2025 and 2026, The Java Story traces the journey of the world's most ubiquitous programming language — from a code-named side project at Sun Microsystems to the web-defining promise of "write once, run anywhere," through legal battles, an open-source rebirth, and Oracle's acquisition, to its enduring role as the backbone of enterprise software and billions of devices today. Directed by Joey Bania. Produced by Emma Tracey.
The People
Featuring
James GoslingCreator of Java
Joshua BlochCreator of the Java Collections Framework, Author of Effective Java
James Duncan DavidsonCreator of Apache Tomcat
Brian GoetzJava Language Architect, Java Platform Group, Oracle
Tim LindholmCo-author, Java Virtual Machine Specification
Kim PoleseJava's first Product Manager
Mark ReinholdChief Architect, Java Platform Group, Oracle
Georges SaabSenior Vice President, Java Platform Group, Oracle and Chair, OpenJDK Governing Board
Paul SandozArchitect, Java Platform Group, Oracle
Carla SchroerDirector of Java Compatibility, Sun Microsystems
Sharat ChanderSenior Director, Java Product Management & Developer Engagement, Oracle
Heather VanCuraVice President and Java Community Process Chairperson and Director, Oracle
Paul BakkerStaff Software Engineer at Netflix
Lars BergstromDirector of Engineering, Google Android
Andrey BreslavCreator of Kotlin
Ivar GrimstadJakarta EE Developer Advocate at Eclipse Foundation
Rod JohnsonCreator of Spring
Gavin KingCreator of Hibernate
Mark LittleVice President Java Runtimes and Java Integration, IBM
Josh LongSpring Developer Advocate
Venkat SubramaniamJava Champion, Author & Educator
Tagir ValeevTechnical Lead, Java Team, JetBrains
Crew
DirectorJoey Bania
ProducerEmma Tracey
Sponsors
Oracle
IBM
JetBrains
Azul Systems
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Technologies
Java
JVM
Spring
Android
