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James Gosling On .NET And The Anti-Trust Trial

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the no-minced-words dept.

gwernol writes: "There's a short but interesting interview with James Gosling over on ComputerWorld. He talks about the differences between J2EE and .NET and also about the Microsoft anti-trust trial. Some interesting perspectives from the founder of Java."

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  1. "imitation" flows in both directions by Jan · · Score: 5, Interesting

    "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery"

    While I have great respect for Mr. Gosling's prolific contributions, clearly this imitation goes both ways. For example:

    Microsoft Transaction Server 1.0, shipped 12/96
    * automatic transactions for objects, including Java objects
    * ObjectContexts for automatic services on behalf of objects
    * declarative transaction requirements e.g. Transaction Requires New
    * declarative, automatic role-based security, and IObjectContext::IsCallerInRole()
    * etc.

    Enterprise Java Beans, 1.0 final spec shipped 1Q98(?)
    * automatic transactions for Java objects
    * SessionContexts for automatic services on behalf of objects
    * declarative transaction requirements e.g. TX_REQUIRES_NEW
    * declarative, automatic role-based security, and EJBContext.isCallerInRole()
    * etc.

    The provenance of the ideas behind EJB/J2EE, arguably Sun's most commercially important Java technology, would seem to be revealed in its choice of identifier names.

    -- an ex-Microsoft software developer