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LinuxWorld Australia: Father of Java Chides Open Source Developer Community

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“Java creator, IT industry heavyweight and CTO of Sun
Microsystem’s developer products group James Gosling has launched a
blistering attack on the open source developer community saying
companies that give away software lack financial viability.

“In Sydney at the start of a national lecture tour, including an
address to Directors of Information Technology at the Council of
Australian Universities, Gosling described the economic
sustainability of open source as ‘in a pickle…’


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