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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:Really? by Rary · · Score: 4, Informative

    That article is dated in early 2002. Most developers I know were quite unsure of C# and .NET in general in 2002. The consulting company I work for planned to launch an internal C# project in late 2002. We use internal projects as a training opportunity, so technology is chosen based on what skills would be most beneficial for our consultants to have experience with. Just before the project started, management decided to switch to Java because it was perceived to be a more valuable skill. In the years that have passed since then, .NET has caught up, so today we do about as much .NET work as Java work. But back then, it was still the new kid on the block, and most weren't sure what to think of it.

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  2. Google's arsenal of programming language people by D+H+NG · · Score: 5, Informative

    James Gosling - Java Guido van Rossum - Python Ken Thompson - C, Go Joshua Bloch - Java