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valign="top"><p>10</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>2019-</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Eclipse</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>11 <sup>(1)</sup></p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>HTTP/1.1 (RFC 7230), HTTP/2 (RFC 7540), WebSocket (RFC 6455, JSR 356), FastCGI</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>4.0.2</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>2.3</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p><span class="strong"><strong>UNSTABLE / Alpha</strong></span></p></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p>9.4</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>2016-</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Eclipse</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>1.8</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>HTTP/1.1 (RFC 7230), HTTP/2 (RFC 7540), WebSocket (RFC 6455, JSR 356), FastCGI</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>3.1</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>2.3</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Stable</p></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p>9.3</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>2015-</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Eclipse</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>1.8 <sup>(2)</sup></p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>HTTP/1.1 (RFC 7230), HTTP/2 (RFC 7540), WebSocket (RFC 6455, JSR 356), FastCGI</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>3.1</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>2.3</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Deprecated</p></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p>9.2</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>2014-2018</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Eclipse</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>1.7 <sup>(2)</sup></p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>HTTP/1.1 RFC2616, javax.websocket, SPDY v3</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>3.1</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>2.3</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Deprecated / <span class="strong"><strong>End of Life January 2018</strong></span></p></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p>9.1</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>2013-2014</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Eclipse</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>1.7 <sup>(2)</sup></p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>HTTP/1.1 RFC2616</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>3.1</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>2.3</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Deprecated / <span class="strong"><strong>End of Life May 2014</strong></span></p></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p>9.0</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>2013-2013</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Eclipse</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>1.7 <sup>(2)</sup></p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>HTTP/1.1 RFC2616</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>3.1-beta</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>2.3</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Deprecated / <span class="strong"><strong>End of Life November 2013</strong></span></p></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p>8</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>2009-2014</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Eclipse/Codehaus</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>1.6 <sup>(2)</sup></p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>HTTP/1.1 RFC2616, WebSocket RFC 6455, SPDY v3</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>3.0</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>2.2</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Deprecated / <span class="strong"><strong>End of Life November 2014</strong></span></p></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p>7</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>2008-2014</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Eclipse/Codehaus</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>1.5</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>HTTP/1.1 RFC2616, WebSocket RFC 6455, SPDY v3</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>2.5</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>2.1</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Deprecated / <span class="strong"><strong>End of Life November 2014</strong></span></p></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p>6</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>2006-2010</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Codehaus</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>1.4-1.5</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>HTTP/1.1 RFC2616</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>2.5</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>2.0</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Deprecated / <span class="strong"><strong>End of Life November 2010</strong></span></p></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p>5</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>2003-2009</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Sourceforge</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>1.2-1.5</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>HTTP/1.1 RFC2616</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>2.4</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>2.0</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Antique</p></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p>4</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>2001-2006</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Sourceforge</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>1.2, J2ME</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>HTTP/1.1 RFC2616</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>2.3</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>1.2</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Ancient</p></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p>3</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>1999-2002</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Sourceforge</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>1.2</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>HTTP/1.1 RFC2068</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>2.2</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>1.1</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Fossilized</p></td></tr><tr><td align="left" valign="top"><p>2</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>1998-2000</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>Mortbay</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>1.1</p></td><td align="left" valign="top"><p>HTTP/1.0 RFC1945</p></td><td 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