Le release di Java

Ecco le versioni di Java (aggiornate al 14/11/2007):

Java 1.0 (Oak) 1995
Java 1.1
JDK 1.1.4 (Sparkler) September 12, 1997
JDK 1.1.5 (Pumpkin) December 3, 1997
JDK 1.1.6 (Abigail) April 24, 1998
JDK 1.1.7 (Brutus) September 28, 1998
JDK 1.1.8 (Chelsea) April 8, 1999
J2SE 1.2 (Playground) December 4, 1998
J2SE 1.2.1 (none) March 30, 1999
J2SE 1.2.2 (Cricket) July 8, 1999
J2SE 1.3 (Kestrel) May 8, 2000
J2SE 1.3.1 (Ladybird) May 17, 2001
J2SE 1.4.0 (Merlin) February 13, 2002
J2SE 1.4.1 (Hopper) September 16, 2002
J2SE 1.4.2 (Mantis) June 26, 2003
J2SE 5.0 (1.5.0) (Tiger) September 29, 2004
Java SE 6 (1.6.0) (Mustang) December 11, 2006 [3]
Java SE 7 (1.7.0) (Dolphin) anticipated for January 2009

Attualmente uso JDK7 1.7.0-ea-b23 (ovvero la build 23). Si può scaricare dal sito https://jdk7.dev.java.net/ (dopo essersi registrati).
Per vedere che versione di Java avete date il seguente comando dal prompt dei comandi:

• java -version