James Gosling joining Google

That probably means he had a 1-year non-compete built into his employment agreement which he had to wait out (which makes me curious about what he could be working on at Google that could trigger that)

Re: James Gosling joining Google

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Post by zacharypinter » Mon, Mar 28, 2011, 2:22 PM UTC

This should add an interesting (though legally irrelevant) twist to the Oracle lawsuit, since they're litigating with some of Gosling's patents.

Re: James Gosling joining Google

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Post by adamc » Mon, Mar 28, 2011, 2:25 PM UTC

sriramk wrote: post #4

One year almost to the day since he quit Sun/Oracle (see http://nighthacks.com/roller/jag/entry/time_to_move_on ). That probably means he had a 1-year non-compete built into his employment agreement which he had to wait out (which makes me curious about what he could be working on at Google that could trigger that)

Makes me wonder whether they will bring out a competitor to Java, maybe for Android.

Re: James Gosling joining Google

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Post by afsina » Mon, Mar 28, 2011, 2:25 PM UTC

It is definitely good news for Google. However, as far I as know Gosling was not working on core technical projects for a long time. Maybe he will work more like a tech evangelist like Tim Bray.

Re: James Gosling joining Google

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Post by ori_b » Mon, Mar 28, 2011, 2:27 PM UTC

adamc wrote: post #6

sriramk wrote: post #4

One year almost to the day since he quit Sun/Oracle (see http://nighthacks.com/roller/jag/entry/time_to_move_on ). That probably means he had a 1-year non-compete built into his employment agreement which he had to wait out (which makes me curious about what he could be working on at Google that could trigger that)

Makes me wonder whether they will bring out a competitor to Java, maybe for Android.

If anything, they'll try to continue with Java instead, I'd expect. They're a big user internally.

Re: James Gosling joining Google

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Post by mhd » Mon, Mar 28, 2011, 2:37 PM UTC

sriramk wrote: post #4

One year almost to the day since he quit Sun/Oracle (see http://nighthacks.com/roller/jag/entry/time_to_move_on ). That probably means he had a 1-year non-compete built into his employment agreement which he had to wait out (which makes me curious about what he could be working on at Google that could trigger that)

Goosmacs?

Re: James Gosling joining Google

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Post by jjm » Mon, Mar 28, 2011, 2:38 PM UTC

ori_b wrote: post #8

adamc wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Makes me wonder whether they will bring out a competitor to Java, maybe for Android.

If anything, they'll try to continue with Java instead, I'd expect. They're a big user internally.

Even if Java is thrown out there is still NDK, not to mention a host of other language inventors at Google ;-)