Java 5.0: Tiger is out

After several alpha releases and release candidates, the long-awaited final version of Java 5.0 (previously numbered 1.5), codenamed Tiger, is here. Sun stuck to its schedule and got version 5 out in the fall. Let the mass downloads begin.

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