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Q&A With James Gosling, Father of Java

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the never-tell-them-you-have-free-time dept.

Minaloush writes to tell us that in a recent Q&A with Sun's James Gosling, the father of Java fielded questions on the GPL, security, the role of Java in the enterprise. "If you come up with a good software development tool, that makes life easier for the developers and they can get their job done quicker, then the first thing the manager says is 'oh you've got free time on your hands. Do this extra thing'."

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  1. Re:Uh yeah... by stratjakt · · Score: 4, Funny

    We've already forgotten, we just haven't forgiven yet.

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  2. Then the best ide is .... by jorgeleon · · Score: 4, Funny

    "If you come up with a good software development tool, that makes life easier for the developers and they can get their job done quicker, then the first thing the manager says is 'oh you've got free time on your hands. Do this extra thing'." ... and that is why I still program in assembler and I use notepad.

    1. Re:Then the best ide is .... by physicsboy500 · · Score: 5, Funny

      ... and that is why I still program in assembler and I use notepad.

      You're such a wuss... I program in hex using vi!

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    2. Re:Then the best ide is .... by Maxo-Texas · · Score: 4, Funny

      Can't believe you youngsters and your "editors"

      Set the switches and hit the commit button to load the opcode into memory.

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    3. Re:Then the best ide is .... by hey! · · Score: 4, Funny

      Switches! Real men write software for plug-boards. And it's woman's work to actually do the plugging. How else does a geek meet women?

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    4. Re:Then the best ide is .... by Reality+Master+101 · · Score: 3, Funny

      plug-boards? Yeh whipper snappin' kids. Back in MAH day, we had to put rocks in lines of dirt! And the gawddamn boss made us buy our own rocks!

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    5. Re:Then the best ide is .... by marcosdumay · · Score: 2, Funny

      Are you implyig that Notepad is more usable than VI? No way... And I use Emacs...

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    6. Re:Then the best ide is .... by roman_mir · · Score: 3, Funny

      You had dirt?!

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    7. Re:Then the best ide is .... by maxume · · Score: 2, Funny

      You existed? Damn it, I had to create myself.

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  3. Re:What about Patrick Naughton? by aicrules · · Score: 4, Funny

    So what you're saying is that Java is a language of child predators...

  4. Another reason I can avoid Java by ginbot462 · · Score: 5, Funny

    I liked the additional comment:

    > He later resolved the case in plea bargain with the U. S. Attorney's office in exchange for working for the FBI for a year to develop software to assist them in their online investigations.

    I wonder if he is going to burry the check
    if (suspect == "Patrick Naughton")
    { // do nothing
    }

    somebody else can make sure that is Java syntax.

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  5. Re:What about Patrick Naughton? by Cyberax · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hmm... Maybe I shouldn't run Java on my Reiser4 filesystem?

  6. Re:What about Patrick Naughton? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    In Soviet Russia, Java touches you!

  7. Re:What about Patrick Naughton? by Kozz · · Score: 2, Funny

    /**
    * @deprecated Use getJavaFather instead
    * @see #getJavaFather
    */
    public static Object getJavaFathers() {...}

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  8. Re:What about Patrick Naughton? by javamann · · Score: 5, Funny

    Jave - Molest once, run everywhere

  9. Re:Questions by VGPowerlord · · Score: 2, Funny

    You do realize that memo was ten years ago, right?
    I doubt MS has changed its goals regarding Sun in the last 10 years.

    You do realize that Sun sued Microsoft nine years ago, right?
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  10. Re:What about Patrick Naughton? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Considering I just scored 10/10 on that quiz I think my liver is safe at the next OSS conference as the website says. :-)