More Recent Java History
1996 JavaOne Developer’s Conference (now held annually in June) focused on applets.
1997 JavaOne focused on JavaBeans and new version of the language JDK1.1, both designed to put Java in line with other developments in component and secure distributed web object computing and use of databases.
1998 JavaOne featured attendance of 14,000+ and focused on Enterprise JavaBeans and other Enterprise classes, developing more on server-side applications.