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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. To know Oracle... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    To know Oracle is to hate Oracle.

    An Oracle Field Engineer shared the secret meaning for the name, "oracle".
    One
    Rich
    Arse
    Called
    Larry
    Ellison

  2. Re:That James Gosling fella is of no consequence.. by cffrost · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think it's too early to tell, as James Gosling just lacks the experience most people are used to from those like him — there's still a lot left for him to learn from his father, industry veteran Jim Goose. Once his father retires, though, I think James will get to chance to really spread his wings, and we'll probably see some very good ideas of his take flight. For now, though, I think he's just a bit green around the beak.

    --
    Thank you, Edward Snowden.

    "Arguments from authority are worthless." —Carl Sagan
  3. Re:Java in the server, in the client, in the brows by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    And that's where Java really shines... ah no, wait...

  4. Re:Java in the server, in the client, in the brows by djdanlib · · Score: 4, Funny

    It reliably dumps a longer stack trace than my scrollback can handle, anyway.