Java.net
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{{Infobox website
| name = java.net
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| url = {{URL|http://www.java.net}}
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| language = English
| type = News and Collaborative revision control
| registration = Optional
| owner = Oracle
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| launch_date = 2003
| dissolved = 28 April 2017
| current_status = Permanently shut down
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java.net was{{Cite web |date=28 April 2017 |title=Java.net Maintenance outage |url=https://www.oracle.com/splash/java.net/maintenance/index.html |access-date=19 September 2022 |website=java.net |quote=We're sorry the java.net site has closed. Most Open Source projects previously hosted on java.net have been relocated. Please contact the corresponding project administrator for relocation information.}} a Java technology related community website. It also offered a web-based source code repository for Java projects. It was shut down in April 2017.
History
java.net was announced by Sun Microsystems during JavaOne 2003.{{cite web
| url=http://www.embeddedstar.com/press/content/2003/6/embedded9097.html
| title=Sun Rolls Out java.com and java.net, Project Rave at JavaOne
| date=June 11, 2003
| quote=Opening the show, Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW), the creator and leading advocate of Java, introduced new Java technologies; tools; communities including java.com for consumers, and java.net for developers
| publisher=embeddedstar.com
| access-date=2010-06-13
| archive-date=July 10, 2011
| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110710190711/http://www.embeddedstar.com/press/content/2003/6/embedded9097.html
| url-status=dead
| url=http://xml.coverpages.org/ni2003-06-11-a.html
| title=Sun Microsystems Launches Java.net Portal for Java Technology Collaboration
| date=June 11, 2003
| publisher=coverpages.org
| access-date=2010-06-13}}
In January 2010, Oracle announced that it will migrate java.net portal to Project Kenai codebase, encouraging users to move their Kenai projects to java.net.{{Cite web |url=http://blogs.sun.com/projectkenai/entry/the_future_of_kenai_com |title=The Future of Kenai.com |website=blogs.sun.com |access-date=June 13, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100131120218/http://blogs.sun.com/projectkenai/entry/the_future_of_kenai_com |archive-date=January 31, 2010 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web
| url=http://adtmag.com/articles/2010/02/10/kenai-to-java-net.aspx
| title=Oracle Moving Project Kenai to java.net
| date=February 10, 2010
| publisher=adtmag.com
| access-date=2010-06-13}}{{cite web
|url=http://www.oracle.com/technology/community/sun-oracle-community-continuity.html
|title=Overview and Frequently Asked Questions for the Developer Community
|date=March 24, 2010
|quote=Our plan is to focus our efforts on Java.net as the hosted community of choice for Java developers. Thus, we are in the process of migrating the Java.net back end to the Kenai technology. This means that projects currently hosted on kenai.com will be migrated to Java.net
|publisher=Oracle Corporation
|access-date=2010-06-13
|url-status=dead
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100416042055/http://www.oracle.com/technology/community/sun-oracle-community-continuity.html
|archive-date=April 16, 2010
}}
In June 2016, Oracle announced that "the Java.net and Kenai.com forges will be going dark on April 28, 2017."{{cite web
|url = https://community.oracle.com/community/java/javanet-forge-sunset
|archive-url = https://archive.today/20160504090623/https://community.oracle.com/community/java/javanet-forge-sunset
|url-status = dead
|archive-date = May 4, 2016
|title = Java.net Forge Sunset
|access-date = 2016-07-10
|date =
|publisher = Oracle Community Directory
}}
Javapedia
The Javapedia project was launched in June 2003 during the JavaOne developer conference.[http://www.sun.com/smi/Press/sunflash/2003-06/sunflash.20030611.4.xml Sun Microsystems unveils java.net, the ultimate destination for developers and focal point for open source collaboration] (press release mentioning Javapedia)[http://www.kbcafe.com/iBLOGthere4iM/?guid=20030612091505 The Source for Java Technology Collaboration - iBLOGthere4iM] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928045028/http://www.kbcafe.com/iBLOGthere4iM/?guid=20030612091505 |date=September 28, 2007 }} It is part of java.net.
The project aims at creating an online encyclopedia covering all aspects of the Java platform.{{Cite web |url=http://whitepapers.zdnet.co.uk/0,1000000651,260270588p,00.htm |title=The Javapedia Project from Sun Microsystems White Papers at ZDNet UK |access-date=February 23, 2013 |archive-date=September 30, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070930211820/http://whitepapers.zdnet.co.uk/0,1000000651,260270588p,00.htm |url-status=dead }} The Javapedia project is openly inspired by Wikipedia.
The prominent differences between Wikipedia and Javapedia include feature restrictions (for example, editing is open to registered users only), software used (TWiki), links (camelCase is used), and content licensing (Creative Commons 1.0 Attribution license).
See also
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Notes
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{{cite press release|title=The Javapedia Project |date=June 10, 2003 |publisher=Java.net |archive-date=January 12, 2008 |url=http://today.java.net/pub/a/today/2003/06/10/javapedia.html |access-date=2007-05-28 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080112205503/http://today.java.net/pub/a/today/2003/06/10/javapedia.html }}
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20100613131851/http://www.java.net/ java.net]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20161018223706/https://java.net/projects/javapedia Javapedia]
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