2010-07-15+21%3A21%3A20 kate.p http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ubuntuka.com%2F%3Fp%3D518 Java is a programming language that was developed by Sun Microsystems (it was acquired by Oracle Corporation ). The major characteristics of Java is the portability meaning that the applications written in Java are cross-platform by default so can be run seamlessly on Windows, MAC OS X and