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Java's rocky road to open source
Created: 05/09/2007
Video description: At the JavaOne converence in San Francisco on Wednesday, CNET News.com's Stephen Shankland asks Java co-creator James Gosling how he views the software technology's current open-source status. Gosling, chief technology officer of Sun Microsystems, gives full credit to the many independent developers.

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