Java creator quits Oracle

The creator of Java, James Gosling, has handed in his notice to the bosses of Oracle.

Following Oracle's acquisition of Sun, Gosling had taken on the role of chief technology officer for Oracle's client software group after holding the position of chief technology officer (CTO) for Sun's developer products group.

He confirmed his resignation on his blog this weekend but kept his reasons for leaving a little more mysterious.

"As to why I left, it's difficult to answer: Just about anything I could say that would be accurate and honest would do more harm than good," wrote Gosling.

"The hardest part is no longer being with all the great people I've had the privilege to work with over the years."

Gosling admitted he didn't know what he was going to do next except "take some time off before I start job hunting," but his real dig at his late bosses came towards the end of the post.

The blog has been moved to a new home following Gosling's departure. He wrote: "It contains all of my old blog entries from Sun: Sun's blogging policy gave bloggers rights to their own works."

"The few more recent blog entries that I did at blogs.sun.com were written under somewhat more strict policies."

We contacted Oracle for comment on Gosling's departure but the company had not responded to our request at the time of publication.