Q&A with James Gosling

Following the keynote speech James Gosling took questions from the audience, here some of the questions and answers. Q: Will Java support the Google web toolkit? A: Let me put it this way: we're happy Google is doing this, but fundamentally it's just Google's product. Besides, they have infinite cash so they don't need support from anybody. Q: How do you feel about Google's Open Source mobile platform Android? A: So far, Android is just a big bag of code. There's no data. Android is a mystery really. We have no idea what they are doing. Q: What's your opinion on Apple? Will there be Mac support for JDK 6.0? Have you talked to Steve Jobs about it? A: There is nobody that can tell SteveJobs what to do. It's really difficult to know where Apple's head is at, because they don't communicate about what they are doing. Of course, we'd love to see JDK 6.0 on the Mac. But right now, I think we should regard Apple more as the Ipod company then anything else because that's where their focus is right now. Q: Do you know why there are so many web frameworks these days? A: There are too many creative people. You should get more stupid... The Thruth is that there are indeed a lot of framworks out there, which makes it more difficult to get things done because you have to deal with all these different versions. But the world of web frameworks is still very young and after some time only the frameworks that really work will survive.