Comments on: Gafter to Microsoft.. http://blog.refactor.se/2008/09/29/gafter-to-microsoft/ Thoughts on Java, Agile, OS X and life in general.. Fri, 09 Apr 2010 08:35:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Casper Bang http://blog.refactor.se/2008/09/29/gafter-to-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-2434 Casper Bang Wed, 17 Dec 2008 18:18:24 +0000 http://blog.refactor.se/?p=132#comment-2434 "...that showed that he didn’t care for Java as much as his career" I think that's a bit of a misnomer. Anybody following him will know he had second thoughts about checked exceptions, wanted closures and in general just felt like SUN was leaving Java behind and is letting innovation come to astandstill. This shines through in the last interview he did just a few months before leaving: http://www.infoq.com/interviews/gafter-closures-language-features-optional-typing So it's probably more correct to say that he cares about programming languages more than his career. “…that showed that he didn’t care for Java as much as his career”

I think that’s a bit of a misnomer. Anybody following him will know he had second thoughts about checked exceptions, wanted closures and in general just felt like SUN was leaving Java behind and is letting innovation come to astandstill. This shines through in the last interview he did just a few months before leaving: http://www.infoq.com/interviews/gafter-closures-language-features-optional-typing

So it’s probably more correct to say that he cares about programming languages more than his career.

]]> By: conny.lundgren http://blog.refactor.se/2008/09/29/gafter-to-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-2288 conny.lundgren Tue, 30 Sep 2008 06:50:54 +0000 http://blog.refactor.se/?p=132#comment-2288 I have to agree with Fred, Neal was active within the Java community when he was at google. I have to agree with Fred, Neal was active within the Java community when he was at google.

]]> By: Fred http://blog.refactor.se/2008/09/29/gafter-to-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-2287 Fred Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:30:49 +0000 http://blog.refactor.se/?p=132#comment-2287 OK, well he left Google not Sun. While at Google he was very active on the Java scene (talked at JavaOne). Closures is dead now, MS do not allow staff to work on competing technologies. He must have got sic just pushing against more senior Java community people who wanted the closures issue to die. OK, well he left Google not Sun. While at Google he was very active on the Java scene (talked at JavaOne). Closures is dead now, MS do not allow staff to work on competing technologies. He must have got sic just pushing against more senior Java community people who wanted the closures issue to die.

]]> By: Behrang http://blog.refactor.se/2008/09/29/gafter-to-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-2286 Behrang Mon, 29 Sep 2008 19:15:16 +0000 http://blog.refactor.se/?p=132#comment-2286 Maybe the upper management had made the situation so that he had no choice but to leave Sun. He is not the only super genius who has left Sun. There's definitely something wrong at Sun. Maybe the upper management had made the situation so that he had no choice but to leave Sun. He is not the only super genius who has left Sun. There’s definitely something wrong at Sun.

]]> By: anjan bacchu http://blog.refactor.se/2008/09/29/gafter-to-microsoft/comment-page-1/#comment-2285 anjan bacchu Mon, 29 Sep 2008 15:23:28 +0000 http://blog.refactor.se/?p=132#comment-2285 hi there, when he left Sun, that showed that he didn't care for Java as much as his career(Nothing wrong with that). I'm surprised BUT not as much. BR, ~A hi there,

when he left Sun, that showed that he didn’t care for Java as much as his career(Nothing wrong with that).

I’m surprised BUT not as much.

BR,
~A

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