Tete-a-Tete with Dr. James "Java" Gosling

This was such a dream come true in my life when I had this excellent oppurtunity to sit with the "Father of Java" and have lunch with him. It was none other than Dr. James Gosling who blessed the Sun India Engineering Centre with his august presence on the 19th of May 2004. I had this once in a lifetime oppurtunity to interact with him on that day, share his views about Java, get an autograph on a book written by him and finally crack some jokes on a dessert of vanilla ice cream.

The next day (20th of May 2004), I once again has an exclusive oppurtunity to interview him for the newsletter (I am glad I took up the editorial post for the Sun newsletter). Sitting in a S-class Benz Car with him and sailing through the morning traffic of Bangalore saw us through the entire part of the interview. The two days of spending those invaluable time with him is an indelible milestone in my life - some thing that makes me proud of Java, Sun and myself (for being part of this).


Me with Dr.James Gosling