Apparently, Sun will change the version number of Java to 5.0 with Tiger. But it seems that they’ll keep the name J2SE and J2EE.
It reminded me of a good laugh I had with a thread on TheServerSide.com about J3EE and the related bileblog.
Maybe Sun and the JCP will suprise anybody by going directly to J5SE and J5EE… Imagine all the consequences:
- Who would care about J2EE compliance, J5EE compliance is the way to go
- if J3EE would have been all about lightweight containers and aspects, what could be J5EE?
- Why EJB 3.0? I want my EJB 5.0 (but they’ll have to be backwards compatible to version 1.0)!
- All the J3EE proponents will look so passé…
Seriously though, I think it’s a good idea to update the major version number of Java but it’d be a good idea to also remove the 2 number from Java 2 Standard and Enterprise Edition. I’d prefer a Java Enterprise Edition 1.5 rather than explaining that the J2EE version 1.5 is dependent of Java language in version 5.0.
