Father of Java, James Gosling Unloads

javab0y writes "The folks over at basementcoders did a podcast with James Gosling, The Father of Java, last week at a coffee shop in San Francisco during the JavaOne conference. In a raw and no-holds-barred interview, James let loose on Oracle, the Google Lawsuit, and his experience with IBM. You know its going to be good when he starts out saying, 'I eventually graduated in '83. Went to work for IBM which is, you know, is within the top 10 of my stupidest career decisions I've made.' The podcast was fully transcribed."

Comments

Re:The Google lawsuit

[RightSaidFred99]

He's full of shit. Microsoft paid Sun because MS had their own Java implementation, not (from anywhere I can find) because Microsoft's CLR infringed any Java technology patents.

Re:Times have changed

[larry bagina]

I also got an email from Joel Spolsky. Weird thing was, I didn't email him first. He wondered if i liked bears (what kind of question is that?), what I was wearing, and invited me to be his "private intern" (not sure what that meant either).

Re:It's amazing anyone employs him

[syousef]

I'd like to think there are employers who are more concerned with "What can he do for us?"

I'd like to think that when I get home there will be a pony and a billion dollars waiting for me. Unfortunately that doesn't match reality either. It is very important what a person with Gosling's credentials can say about a company. In the right circumstances it could literally make or break a company.