Maybe it was just that itch to move on. It happens. Let's give Tor a break and not try to put too much meaning into a personal choice. Unless you've been walking in his shoes for his entire life I doubt anyone here has the kind of perspective you need to crack this nut. He's gone out of his way so far not to say a word about reasons, so let's not turn this into a circus. Besides, if you want circus, watching the ramblings of one Mr. Gosling is a lot more fun :)
Eh, why not engage. I believe this is a stepping stone to an illustruous career at walmart. All hail walmart. On Sep 25, 11:53 pm, Henning <hoef...@gmail.com> wrote: > At the end of the Java One event (which aired as episode #324) he > stated: > "It's really important to enjoy your job. Make sure that you work to > live, not live to work. Talk to your employer, make sure you can work > from home if that's what you want to do, and make sure you surround > yourself with people who are smarter than yourself." > That episode went up on Wednesday, September 22nd. On Thursday, he > announced that his Blog moved to Blogger ("I'm not sure how long > blogs.sun.com will be around") and on Friday he left Oracle... That > was fast! > > I'm curious for his reasons to leave, though -- did Oracle not allow > him to work from home anymore or were there not enough smart people > left to surround him? ;-) Was it the cancellation of FX Script? Did > they make him use Eclipse? On Windows? Or even: Tabs in source code? > Sadly, we'll probably never know. > > Anyway: Congratulations to Tor, I wish him all the best and good luck > for his next steps! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.