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And the Name Is…

We are happy to announce that the new name for the technology formerly known as Java EE is….[insert drumroll]… Jakarta EE.

Almost 7,000 people voted in our community poll, and over 64% voted in favour of Jakarta EE. Thanks to everyone who voted, blogged, or tweeted! This has been quite the process, and we are all really happy with the community support throughout.

naming_poll_results

As we have been making progress on migrating Java EE to the Eclipse Foundation there have been a lot of moving pieces and parallel threads, especially around naming. Thankfully, we think we are getting to the end of this, and the names at least are starting to sort themselves out.  We have prepared this handy table to assist with the translation from the old names to the new names.

Eclipse Jakarta Working Group

Old Name New Name
Java EE Jakarta EE
Glassfish Eclipse Glassfish
Java Community Process (JCP) [*] Jakarta EE Working Group (Jakarta EE)
Oracle development management Eclipse Enterprise for Java (EE4J)
Project Management Committee (PMC)

Note that permission for products to formally use the Jakarta EE trademark will be dependent upon passing a as-yet-to-be-defined compatibility program run by EE.next. However, as of today, it is preferred that when you are generically referring to this open source software platform that you call it Jakarta EE rather than EE4J. EE4J, the Eclipse Top-level project,  is the only name we’ve had for a couple of months, but as we at least tried to make clear, that was never intended to be the brand name.

Update: Fixed a typo plus the formatting of the Glassfish row in the translation table.
Update 2: [*] To be clear, the Java Community Process will continue to exist and to support the Java SE and ME communities. However, it will not be the place where Jakarta EE specifications will be developed.
Update 3: Corrected the name of the working group from EE.next to Jakarta EE.

Written by Mike Milinkovich

February 26, 2018 at 2:00 pm

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  1. […] der Teilnehmer stimmten für Jakarta EE, womit das Ergebnis recht eindeutig ausfällt. Auf seinem Blog teilte Mike Milinkovich, Executive Director der Eclipse Foundation, eine Grafik zum […]

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  2. So what is Jakarta actually?

    Untung

    February 27, 2018 at 12:14 am

  3. Reblogged this on Harinath Kuntamukkala.

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    February 27, 2018 at 12:33 am

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  8. […] “It is preferred that when you are generically referring to this open source software platform that you call it Jakarta EE rather than EE4J. EE4J, the Eclipse Top-level project,  is the only name we’ve had for a couple of months, but as we at least tried to make clear, that was never intended to be the brand name,” Mike Milinkovich, executive director for the Eclipse Foundation, wrote on his blog. […]

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  9. […] “It is preferred that when you are generically referring to this open source software platform that you call it Jakarta EE rather than EE4J. EE4J, the Eclipse Top-level project,  is the only name we’ve had for a couple of months, but as we at least tried to make clear, that was never intended to be the brand name,” Mike Milinkovich, executive director for the Eclipse Foundation, wrote on his blog. […]

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  10. […] “It is preferred that when you are generically referring to this open source software platform that you call it Jakarta EE rather than EE4J. EE4J, the Eclipse Top-level project,  is the only name we’ve had for a couple of months, but as we at least tried to make clear, that was never intended to be the brand name,” Mike Milinkovich, executive director for the Eclipse Foundation, wrote on his blog. […]

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  11. […] “It is preferred that when you are generically referring to this open source software platform that you call it Jakarta EE rather than EE4J. EE4J, the Eclipse Top-level project,  is the only name we’ve had for a couple of months, but as we at least tried to make clear, that was never intended to be the brand name,” Mike Milinkovich, executive director for the Eclipse Foundation, wrote on his blog. […]

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  12. […] “It is preferred that when you are generically referring to this open source software platform that you call it Jakarta EE rather than EE4J. EE4J, the Eclipse Top-level project,  is the only name we’ve had for a couple of months, but as we at least tried to make clear, that was never intended to be the brand name,” Mike Milinkovich, executive director for the Eclipse Foundation, wrote on his blog. […]

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  16. EE = Shit (in Indonesia)
    Jakarta EE = sound like Jakarta shit

    Indonesian

    March 1, 2018 at 3:03 am

    • I don’t get it, isn’t ‘shit’ in Indonesia ‘kotoran’?(I googled it~) Sounds not like EE

      doctorwhogs

      March 11, 2018 at 5:19 am

      • The letter “E”, in Indonesian intonation is pronounced like “Ey” (as in “hey there”, or quite like how one would pronounce “a” in English).

        Ey-Ey or E’ek with some nasal sounding of ‘n’ between y/k is slang for doing a number two, or as the noun for faeces.

        The commenter is correct, unfortunately.

        KA, another Indonesian

        March 20, 2018 at 10:32 pm

        • Sure. But since this technology has been called “Java EE” for 16 years, I don’t think we’re making the problem any worse

          Mike Milinkovich

          March 20, 2018 at 10:39 pm

          • A valid point, however, I think people don’t associate Java with just Indonesia, it’s very much the tech and coffee. Jakarta, on the other hand, is much more visibly Indonesian.

            Personally, however, and I suspect most Indonesians (we are a chill bunch), would not worry about it — it is just somewhat amusing, and sad at the same time. Had a good laugh with a friend over it.

            KA

            March 20, 2018 at 10:45 pm

            • You did get me thinking about why JavaEE never struck the same chord… Java is spelt “Jawa” in Indonesia, so that’s yet another reason. Just mental associations. 🙂

              KA

              March 20, 2018 at 10:48 pm

        • LOL!

          My life is better for knowing this.

          Jeremy Johnson

          March 21, 2018 at 1:53 pm

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  20. Awalnya saya tidak percaya, ternyata benar JAVA EE berubah nama jadi JAKARTA EE

    chatarizeii

    March 1, 2018 at 7:42 pm

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  38. I love Eclipse, and I love Java, and I believe Eclipse foundation will make a good improvement on Jakarta EE!!!

    doctorwhogs

    March 11, 2018 at 5:11 am

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