Java Founder joins Google, saying no to Oracle

The outstanding programmer, James Gosling, who founded Java at Sun Microsystems, has joined Google, which is locked in a lawsuit over how the Java technology is used in Android. He announced this yesterday through his blog that he will be working with Google from now on. Before this, he was on his own for about one year after he left Oracle acquired Sun.

This all started after Oracle acquired Sun Microsystems last year. On that time, Gosling instantly decided not to join the Oracle acquired group since Oracle's ways evidently didn't agree with Gosling. In addition to this, he has also called Oracle Chief Executive Larry Ellison - Larry, Prince of Darkness. He also disclosed that Oracle lawyers were quite cheered when the group was grilled about the patent situation between Sun and Google during the Oracle-Sun integration meetings. He was not at all comfortable with Oracle's strategies and plans which were 180 degree out of phase with him.

Soon after acquiring Sun Microsystems, Oracle sued Google for patent and copyright infringement concerning how Android uses software called Dalvik that's very similar to Java. A prime benefit to using Java is that it shields programs from the differences of underlying hardware, such as different processors, letting a single program run on a variety of computing devices. Android uses the Java like technology Dalvik to get these features in gift on all the devices.

As a company, Google is more successful both in popularity and commercially while compared to Sun and unlike most other IT company, it has also managed to become a household name.