Father of Java, James Gosling, Heading to Google to Bring Adult Supervision to Android?

(Photo source: Wikipedia) James Gosling, often credited as the inventor of the Java programming language, was at Sun Microsystems from the time shortly after receiving his Ph.D until shortly after Sun was bought and absorbed by Oracle.

In 2009, Gosling drew some attention for a comment he made during an interview with eWeek’s Darryl K. Taft.

Gosling: What’s Good for Google May Not Be Good for Java

And what’s going on in the Android world is there’s kind of no adult in charge.

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