feedFarewell to the “2”
It’s official: The next version of the Java platform won’t have a “2” in its name anymore. The successor to Java™ 2 Platform, Standard Edition 5.0 (J2SE 5.0) is going to be Java™ Platform, Standard Edition 6 (Java SE 6). Similarly, new versions of J2EE and J2ME will be Java EE and Java ME. The name change doesn’t affect currently shipping products, so it’ll be a long transition. But reducing the number of numbers in the product name is clearly a change for the better.