On a (less than regular) visit to java.sun.com, I notice that a couple of weeks ago they released Beta 2 of JDK 1.5 a.k.a Tiger (I completely missed this--you can tell I've been busy no? :)). I assume that their plan is to announce the final version at JavaOne (which starts on June 28 this year). Then reading through the Tiger docs I notice this link which leads to a "New To Java Center" that was (probably recently) introduced directly into the documentation. Interesting. Another place to point people to.

Continuing with my random-Java-related navigation, I found this link on the history of Java, and this page which partially documents the evolution of the java.sun.com site. Both pages have pointers to yet other interesting "historical" destinations, including this Java Technology: The Early Years" article.

Ah, the good old days... :)