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25 years back 23rd May 1995 Sun Micro systems released Java programming language to the world. It was the brain child of Dr. James Gosling AKA Dr. Java. Here are few facts about Java programming language. Initially, Dr. Gosling named it Oak, named after the tree outside his office. There are 3+ billion devices runs java today and one-third of it is Android. There is around 10 million Java professional programmer and most of the enterprise still relies on Java. Java is one of the most popular programming languages still today, it comes just behind C programming language according to the programming language ranking website tiobe.com The Java mascot name is Duke.

Linux almost completed 25 years as an operating system, which is simply wow. let's look at some little-known facts about Linux - A Standard Linux Kernel of today has over 10 Million lines of code and it grows at the rate of 10% every year. About 4500 lines of codes are added and 1500 lines of code are changed everyday. Initially in 1991 , Linux kernel version 0.01 was released with 10239 lines of code. 90% of the world’s most powerful supercomputers are using GNU/Linux . Top ten of supercomputers use Linux . 33.8% of the world runs on Linux servers compared to 7.3% running Microsoft Windows operating system. According to a study funded by the European Union , the estimated cost to redevelop the most recent kernel versions would be at $1.14 billion USD.