J2SE stands for Java 2 Standard Edition. J2SE的主张的Java 2标准版。 The 2 stands for version 2 of the platform. 2 ，主张第2版的平台。

At the same time Java 1.2 was also renamed as Java 2 (the language I presume).在同一时间内的Java 1.2也改名为的Java 2 （语文我推测） 。 Then came 1.3 (note it was never called Java 3).后来1.3 （注这是从来没有所谓的Java 3 ） 。 Now we have Java 1.5.现在，我们的Java 1.5 。 Suddenly the big guns at Sun decided to rename it as Java 5.突然的大枪在Sun决定将它重新命名为Java 5的。 The associated product is the Java 2 Platform (same old platform), Standard Edition (J2SE) version 5.0.相关的产品是Java 2平台（旧平台） ，标准版（ J2SE ） 5.0版。 Why is this flip-flop?为什么这是触发器？
Java is mature enough to be in version 5. Java是够成熟，将在第5版。 Why does marketing keep switching between version numbers?为何不保持营销之间切换的版本号码？
This can be terribly confusing for any newcomer.这可以可怕的混乱，任何新人。

Also the marketing message needs to clearly disambiguate between the platform and the language.也是营销信息需要清楚disambiguate之间的平台和语言。

PS.保安局常任秘书长。 A good step for Java 6 (or is it Java 1.6 again?) would be to cut the number of JSR’s in half and finally add possibly 25-30% of it in the final release.一个良好的步骤为Java 6 （或它的Java 1.6再次？ ）将削减人数的JSR的一半，最后可能添加25-30 ％的，它在最后的释放。 That way we can get rid of several frivolous JSR’s.这样，我们才能摆脱几个无聊的JSR的。