Java EE process cycles and server availability
When we normally talk about the Java EE cycle time, we talk about the time it takes between major revisions of the spec. E.g. the time between Java EE 6 and Java EE 7. While this is indeed the leading cycle time, there are two additional cycles that are of major importance: The time it takes for vendors to release an initial product that implements the new spec revision The time it takes vendors to stabilize their product (which incidentally is closely tied to the actual user adoption rate) In this article we'll take a somewhat closer look on the time it takes vendors to release their initial product. But first let's take a quick look at the time between spec releases. The following table lists the Java EE version history and the delta time between versions: Java EE delta times between releases Version Start date Release date Days since last release Days spent on spec 1.2 - 12 Dec, 1999 - - 1.3 18 Feb, 2000 24 Sep, 2001 653 days (1 year, 9 mo...