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Java at 30: Interview with James Gosling
From trash-diving teen to tech pioneer, James Gosling's pragmatic genius shaped three decades of Java and modern computing.
Greengrass handled all those tedious elements — over-the-air updates, remote command and control, telemetry, network reliability, security, credential management — freeing developers to focus on what makes their particular application unique. He was particularly critical of venture capitalists driving the AI hype, stating that “the number of grifters and hypesters in the tech industry is mind-rotting” and that VCs “only care about a successful exit” rather than building genuinely useful technology. When asked why Java has endured for three decades while other languages have faded, Gosling cited several factors: solving real problems, respecting users, maintaining backward compatibility, improving developer productivity and prioritizing reliability.
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