Control Quote by James Gosling

I was interested in Java the beginning, but the problem with Java is you do have to switch your platform.

— Miguel de Icaza

I think Unix is a great system -- especially for running data centers -- because it is very mature, very reliable, very scalable. But…

— Bill Joy

What's kept Java from being used as widely as possible is there hasn't been an Open Source implementation of it that's gotten really widespread…

— Brian Behlendorf

Java development without a little heresy would be a dull place, and a dangerous one.

— Bruce Tate

While Microsoft does not share all of Oracle's ambitions for Java, we agree that it is a very valuable tool for software developers.

— Bill Gates

“The experience of writing something in Java and then trying to figure out—I myself have trouble installing Java on my computer—it's horrible.”

— Peter Seibel

I did write some code in Java once, but that was the island in Indonesia.

— Richard Stallman

Java the language is almost irrelevant. It's the design of the Java Virtual Machine. And I've seen compilers for ML, compilers for Scheme, compilers…

— James Gosling

However, when Java is promoted as the sole programming language, its flaws and limitations become serious.

— Bjarne Stroustrup

(In response to Java) Anybody who thinks a little 9,000-line program that's distributed free and can be cloned by anyone is going to affect…

— Bill Gates

I'm just an observer of Java, and where Microsoft wants to go with C# is too early to tell.

— Dennis Ritchie

I hate java it fuckin pisses me off

— Annikken