Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Oak (programming language)" in English language version.
'The lawyers had told us that we couldn't use the name "OAK" because [it was already trademarked by] Oak Technologies,' said Frank Yellin, a senior engineer at Sun. 'So a brainstorming session was held to come up with ideas for a new name.'
Gosling called the new language "Oak", after the tree outside his window