Gosling: Oracle gets server-side Java, but confused about desktops, cell phones
James Gosling, the key developer of the Java platform while he was at now-defunct Sun Microsystems, said Tuesday that Oracle, which bought Sun earlier this year, has an excellent understanding of the server-side Java but is confused about what to do with Java on desktops and cell phones.
As the keeper of Sun's prized Java technologies, Oracle has a lot of say in how Java proceeds. Gosling, who briefly worked at Oracle after the merger but ended up quitting in April, offered a mixed outlook for Oracle's handling of Java when interviewed Tuesday at the Hadoop Summit 2010 conference in Santa Clara, Calif.
[ Gosling is among several former Sun technologists who did not stay with Oracle after the merger. See the InfoWorld report. | More from the Hadoop Summit: Yahoo adds security and workflow management to Hadoop ]
