If Oracle hoped that it would keep most of Sun's talent
when it bought the outfit it was sadly mistaken.
James Gosling, the creator of the Java programming
language, has resigned from Oracle and cleaned out his desk. Gosling said he quit on April 2, but has not joined any
other organization. He was serving the company as the chief technology officer
for Oracle's client software group.
When Oracle bought Sun, the outfit's Java properties were
high on its shopping list of reasons, so this should be a blow. He has not said why he has left, but it appears that he
does not like his new overlords.
Gosling had stressed the importance of Java to Oracle
last month. But he also regretted the growing politicization of the Java
Community Process. So far CEO Jonathan Schwartz, and XML co-inventor Tim
Bray have also left Sun.