Sun introduced Java in 1995 but recognizes the branding plan still isn't even halfway done. If establishing the Java brand is a 10-chapter book, Sun is in chapter 4 or 5 right now, van den Hoogen ...

Oracle released a new version of the Java Development Kit, JDK 7 Update 40, with new performance and security enhancements.

The kit would, for example, enable a customized control system to be implemented within N1, he said. Sun wants to encourage developer participation in N1, according to Fowler.

IBM's Mr. Smith emphasized that the three specifications will be submitted as Java Specification Requests, or JSRs, which are then developed into standards through the Java Community Process.