Google Secures Gosling
April 7, 2011
The Web is abuzz with news of James Gosling’s new position at Google. For example, The Register posted “Java daddy borged by Google,” and the Inquirer announced simply “James Gosling joins Google.” Gosling’s blog is here.
Hiring the “father of Java” while being sued by Oracle for Java copyright/ patent infringement? Well, that is one way to deal with the issue. Well played, Google. The Inquirer suspects Gosling is looking forward to working on the development of Android, as well as helping to mount the defense against Oracle. The Register reminds us that Gosling wasn’t in favor of Oracle’s acquisition of Sun, Java’s original home, in the first place:
“When Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems last year, Gosling did not join Larry Ellison and company, and he has openly voiced his disdain for the operation, referring to Ellison as ‘LPOD’, short for ‘Larry, Prince of Darkness’. ” ‘Ethics and consistency aren’t exactly the LPOD’s reputation. . . .’ Gosling wrote in August, arguing that Oracle had no intention of honoring its December 2007 resolution for the Java Community Process to become an open, independent, and vendor-neutral standards organization.”
Good call. The Register also mentions that Gosling has been critical about Google’s use of Java in Android. It will be interesting to see how this goes. Our view is that this “gosling” will be fraternizing with legal eagles…lots of legal eagles.
Cynthia Murrell, April 7, 2011
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