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James Gosling Grades Oracle's Handling of Sun's Tech

Posted by Unknown on from the a+-for-killing-solaris dept.

snydeq writes "With the four-year anniversary of Oracle's Sun Microsystems acquisition looming, InfoWorld reached out to Java founder James Gosling to rate how Oracle has done in shepherding Sun technology. Gosling gives Oracle eyebrow-raising grades, lauding Oracle's handling of Java, despite his past acrimony toward Oracle over Java (remember those T-shirts?), and giving Oracle a flat-out failing grade on what has become of Solaris OS."

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  1. Re:That James Gosling fella is of no consequence.. by cold+fjord · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    That James Gosling fella is of no consequence...

    The views of those that have achieved something great or useful tend to be solicited repeatedly, especially if they had a string of achievements.

    Ken Thompson and Dennis Ritchie? Yep.
    Woz? Yep.
    Gosling? Yep.

    Bogaboga? Unless you are the originator of the "death by booga booga" joke, maybe not. Of course you could be holding out on us.

    --
    much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot - George Orwell