Congratulations James! Sounds like a good ingredient added to a nice dish. We hope its good for you, Google and the community as a whole.
“I’ve got a job description of ‘come hang out with us for a while and we’ll see what happens’, which is a pretty exciting thing,” - Lars Rasmussen.
(Lars made great contributions to Google in innovative products like Google Maps and Google Wave. He was also instrumental in starting engineering in the Google Sydney office.)
Do we see dark clouds over the future of Java?
“…In its complaint, filed with the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, Oracle said Google’s Android operating system software consists of Java applications and other technology. As such, it infringes on one or more parts of seven different patents — something Google should know, Oracle argues, because it has hired former Sun Java engineers in recent years.
Oracle also said Google’s Android also infringes on Oracle’s copyrights in Java.”
Probably there is a lesson in this to learn for all who use Java. Oracle can sue us for using Java.
“At Google we believe that open systems win. They lead to more innovation, value, and freedom of choice for consumers, and a vibrant, profitable, and competitive ecosystem for businesses. …..
… Open will win. It will win on the Internet and will then cascade across many walks of life: The future of government is transparency. The future of commerce is information symmetry. The future of culture is freedom. The future of science and medicine is collaboration. The future of entertainment is participation. Each of these futures depends on an open Internet. ….”.
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