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Java Creator James Gosling Hired At Google

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the write-your-own-ticket dept.

jfruhlinger writes "Some months after leaving Oracle in a huff, father of Java James Gosling has joined Google. It's not clear what his job responsibilities will be there, but given some of his past statements about Google projects — that Android has no adult supervision, for instance — it will be interesting to see what develops."

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  1. Re:Java by MetalliQaZ · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Insightful, except for the idea that anything from Microsoft will obviously descend into irrelevance. This is a company that took on government anti-trust assaults less than ten years ago and is still going today. Their mobile platform is way behind iOS and Android, and the jury is still out on the cloud platforms, but think about IE9, Windows, Xbox, and Office. C# has integration possibilities that Java just can't seem to match. JavaFX was a giant bomb, while MS Silverlight is gaining ground. That brings me to Mono. M$ has an interest in growing the platform by any means necessary to try and take on Flash, HTML5, and various mobile platforms. I would develop a product with Mono without worrying about patent issues.

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  2. Re:Java by nschubach · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    I don't know right now exactly what tech Microsoft has patented, but it's not in their best interest right now to destroy Mono.

    Yeah, not right now. It's truly best for them to wait until their competitor is using it, then strike out with the patents. ;)

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