got more scoop on the exclusive interview with James Gosling that will run on java.sun.com next week:
Tuesday, 6/22 ==============
"The Tools and the Trade: A Conversation with James Gosling"
by Jan Heiss
Category: Java
Blurb: Sun's James Gosling, the father of the Java language,
talks about tools, the Microsoft settlement, and the 2004 JavaOne
Conference.
...this is exclusive access to intenal sun emails here. let's just hope i don't get in trouble for this.
your action item: bookmark java.sun.com. shift, reload.
and before i let you go, i gotta do a little loop-closing on last week's Friday Free Stuff...
you'll remember we had a first runner up that i wasn't able to close the loop with... well, i got him...
Ka-Hing Cheung is our first runner up. i can't find his submission though (my email filing system is a real mess) so i'm afraid i actually can't tell you what his answer to the question was... but i figured i'd publish his picture just the same...
but i can tell you what Sun employee Austin Yeats' said....
Just to remind you of the question: Why is it that if you tell people the Universe is filled with bizarre objects such as Quasars, black holes, gamma ray bursts, and Supernovae they will believe you without further proof but if you hang a sign on a park bench that says "Fresh Paint" they need to touch it just to make sure?
Because they cannot touch Quasars, black holes, gamma ray bursts,
and Supernovae ;^)
Austin gets an A for effort and a free mention in my blog.
and finally -- and i promise this is the last thing i'll bother you with today -- you must check out the beautiful collage of JavaOne pics Martin Hardee has on his blog today. And as i'm a shamless marketteer, i urge you to go get yourself registered for JavaOne, people! you got
days left!
big kiss!
mary