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Saturday Apr 10, 2010
James Gosling Leaves Oracle
It's sad, but James Gosling leaves Oracle. I'm really curious about his next job...
An excerpt from his bio: "...He briefly worked for Oracle after the acquisition of Sun. He is now blissfully unemployed :-)..."
Posted at 03:24PM Apr 10, 2010 by Adam Bien in General | Comments[5] | Views/Hits: 2702
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We all know his contributions are huge even to be mentioned.
Well his presence with Sun/Oracle has such a symbolic value.
Anyways he doesn't need a bio or anything, only the name will be enough. :|
Posted by nash on April 10, 2010 at 05:25 PM CEST #
@Nash,
I think his Oracle presence would be more, than symbolic. I had the chance to ask James some questions - he was still extremely knowledgeable in the whole Java space (what really surprised me). A perfect role for an "architect" or tech lead.
You are right, James doesn't need a bio. Even the creation of the most popular IDE + OS (emacs) would be enough as reference :-).
thanks for comment,
adam
Posted by Adam Bien on April 10, 2010 at 05:49 PM CEST #
I wonder what would it mean for Java if he join RedHat or SpringSource? :)
Posted by Grzegorz Grzybek on April 11, 2010 at 10:47 AM CEST #
@Grzegorz,
an interesting thought. I would appreciate either direction. Competition is always good.
thanks!,
adam
Posted by Adam Bien on April 11, 2010 at 11:22 AM CEST #
Well those who claim other languages (even if they're on top of a JVM) are becoming more and more popular will certainly see that as another sign.
While trying to help Oracle through this tough time of shaping Java the best they can my own next role's with Groovy ;-)
Posted by Werner Keil on April 11, 2010 at 02:57 PM CEST #