The question for me has been: how could Gosling not go work for Google?
Agreed. It was looking like a matter of time...
really? i always thought the opposite. don't know why, it was just a feeling.
guess i was wrong...
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Re: James Gosling joining Google
#32Earlier 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.
I'd counter that it's important to specify the time-frame you're talking about. For instance, would you say that they'll try to continue as a big Java user for the next 15 years?
When you stretch out the time-frame, your assertion sounds substantially less credible. At least to me.
Re: James Gosling joining Google
#33One 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)
Even if there was a one-year non-compete, it could just as easily be that Google isn't working on anything that would trigger it and Gosling just decided to play safe and wait it out for a year. A year off break from work while you decide what to do next in your career sure sounds like a nice option, and the perfect amount of time to "regroup" like this.
True for the first part. The second could be true too but it would be remarkable if he decided to take a break for almost exactly 365 days.
Re: James Gosling joining Google
#34Earlier quoted context omitted.
Makes me wonder whether they will bring out a competitor to Java, maybe for Android.
They already have at least one world class language designer in Guido. They also have the Go language. Point being that if they wanted a competing language to Java, they probably already had the talent to get it done. (Or just, you know, use Mono/C#).
Arguably, they already did create a competing language (ie: Android)
Re: James Gosling joining Google
#35I once saw Gosling in an airport terminal waiting for a flight. He was consuming a large hot dog. I considered approaching him but decided to respect his privacy. When he finished his hot dog, he threw the messy wrapper directly onto the carpet. It was not a missed shot at the trash can, it was just blithely dropped on the floor. That's when I realized his work on automatic garbage collection had gone too far. I can'…
oops my bad, I didn't realize this was a fictional story. <feels dumb?
I think he was telling an allegorical, fictional story for humor value.
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#36I think HN broke his site, btw. I can't access or ping it. Will be bookmarking for later to read -- I wish him the best!
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#37I think HN broke his site, btw. I can't access or ping it. Will be bookmarking for later to read -- I wish him the best!
Googles text-only cached version: http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:http://...
Re: James Gosling joining Google
#38One 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)
So he just didn't see any future at Oracle? :-)
Re: James Gosling joining Google
#39I once saw Gosling in an airport terminal waiting for a flight. He was consuming a large hot dog. I considered approaching him but decided to respect his privacy. When he finished his hot dog, he threw the messy wrapper directly onto the carpet. It was not a missed shot at the trash can, it was just blithely dropped on the floor. That's when I realized his work on automatic garbage collection had gone too far. I can'…
Great twist, I was hating you already in the middle of the paragraph and then! You should blog :)
Re: James Gosling joining Google
#40I once saw Gosling in an airport terminal waiting for a flight. He was consuming a large hot dog. I considered approaching him but decided to respect his privacy. When he finished his hot dog, he threw the messy wrapper directly onto the carpet. It was not a missed shot at the trash can, it was just blithely dropped on the floor. That's when I realized his work on automatic garbage collection had gone too far. I can'…
I had a friend (who shall remain nameless ;P) that once, while very drunk, was lying in bed wanting to throw up. Getting up to go to the bathroom was a very painful thought, however, but thankfully he remembered something important: he was primarily programming in Java at the time, and therefore he didn't need to worry as he had garbage collection on his side. Needless to say the result when he woke up was pretty bad.