J2SE stands for Java 2 Standard Edition. J2SE的主張的Java 2標準版。 The 2 stands for version 2 of the platform. 2 ，主張第2版的平台。

At the same time Java 1.2 was also renamed as Java 2 (the language I presume).在同一時間內的Java 1.2也改名為的Java 2 （語文我推測） 。 Then came 1.3 (note it was never called Java 3).後來1.3 （注這是從來沒有所謂的Java 3 ） 。 Now we have Java 1.5.現在，我們的Java 1.5 。 Suddenly the big guns at Sun decided to rename it as Java 5.突然的大槍在Sun決定將它重新命名為Java 5的。 The associated product is the Java 2 Platform (same old platform), Standard Edition (J2SE) version 5.0.相關的產品是Java 2平台（舊平台） ，標準版（ J2SE ） 5.0版。 Why is this flip-flop?為什麼這是觸發器？
Java is mature enough to be in version 5. Java是夠成熟，將在第5版。 Why does marketing keep switching between version numbers?為何不保持營銷之間切換的版本號碼？
This can be terribly confusing for any newcomer.這可以可怕的混亂，任何新人。

Also the marketing message needs to clearly disambiguate between the platform and the language.也是營銷信息需要清楚disambiguate之間的平台和語言。

PS.保安局常任秘書長。 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.一個良好的步驟為Java 6 （或它的Java 1.6再次？ ）將削減人數的JSR的一半，最後可能添加25-30 ％的，它在最後的釋放。 That way we can get rid of several frivolous JSR’s.這樣，我們才能擺脫幾個無聊的JSR的。