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October 16, 2007
James Gosling, the Sun Microsystems developer often referred to as "The Father of Java," writes that he has given up using Apple's Macintosh OS:

As several people have noticed at my talks over the past few months, I no longer carry a Mac laptop. As much as I love the Mac's eye candy, it really hasn't been keeping up as a developer's machine - their attention has clearly been elsewhere. Meanwhile, the Solaris folks have made huge strides in Solaris's usability on a laptop with recent Nevada builds: the latest Gnome is quite lovely.

Gosling adds more detail here.

(Although Gosling notes that when he tries to close the lid on his Solaris notebook, it keeps right on running and doesn't seem to go into "suspend" mode.)

Is turnabout fair play?

Earlier this year, Apple CEO Steve Jobs reportedly said of Gosling's famous work product: "Java's not worth building in. Nobody uses Java anymore. It's this big heavyweight ball and chain."

Can anyone remember Sun Chairman Scott McNealy walking on stage, taking a bite of an apple, and teasing the world with the potential that he would be taking over the operation in Cupertino?

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