James Gosling Named CTO of Sun's Developer Platforms Organization

James Gosling Named CTO of Sun's Developer Platforms Organization

"Father of Java" to Help Bring Tools Innovations from Sun's Laboratories to Market

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- November 12, 2003 -- Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq: SUNW), the inventor and leading advocate of Java technology, today announced that Vice President, Sun Fellow and Java technology creator Dr. James Gosling will join Sun's Developer Platforms group as chief technology officer. Most recently, Dr. Gosling focused his time in the Sun Labs, leading a research team on advanced designs for software developer tools including refactoring methodology and pursuing advanced technology research initiatives such as the well-known project called Jackpot. In his new role, Dr. Gosling will work to bring the Java and tools technology advances achieved by the Sun Labs team into the commercial space.

"Since Java technology's creation, James has been instrumental in delivering on a constant vision for Java technology as a powerful language and platform for revolutionizing the developer experience," said Jonathan Schwartz, executive vice president of Sun software. "James' unique contribution and legendary expertise will allow Sun to continue to evolve the developer experience by engineering out complexity, increasing productivity and driving toward the goal of 10 million Java technology developers."

"Sun's developer tools and programs are essential elements to the enduring success of Java technology, and an integral part of the Java Enterprise System," said James Gosling. "Working with the Labs team over the years, we've designed concepts for improving the development cycle from end-to-end. I'm looking forward to bringing those ideas into the product set and to sharing Sun's passion for innovation with our customers and partners."

About Sun's Developer Platforms and Tools

Sun offers a wide array of tools and developer platforms that scale from the most sophisticated, enterprise developer needs to the agility and performance required by the corporate developer:

Sun's standards-based application development environment, code named Project Rave, is focused on the needs of corporate developers working in environments where Java technology is widely deployed, and who need to be able to implement multi-tier, distributed applications with reduced complexity and enhanced productivity for speedy deployment. The project was announced at the JavaOne(SM) 2003 Developer Conference, and is on track for technology preview by the end of the year. For more information, see www.sun.com/software/projectrave.
Sun Java Studio Enterprise is the first development environment to enable developers to create applications targeted for the Java Enterprise System. It is a comprehensive development environment that includes the Java Studio Standard IDE, the Sun Portlet Builder, a version of the Java Enterprise System for development and testing purposes, software maintenance and support, and "how-to" developer support -- all bundled as an integrated offering designed to deliver the optimal developer experience.
Sun Java Studio Standard provides an environment for creating Java Web services, and n-tier Java 2 Platform, Enterprise Edition (J2EE) applications, and is also tightly integrated with the Sun Java System Application Server 7, providing one-button deployment from the IDE to expedite the debugging and testing of applications. Sun Java Studio Standard 5 update 1 (formerly Sun ONE Studio 5 update 1, Standard Edition), is now integrated with a sophisticated application framework, based on the Model-View-Controller (MVC) design principle and J2EE patterns.
Sun Studio Compiler Collection provides powerful, comprehensive language systems and tools for building, compiling and debugging C, C++ and Fortran 32-bit and 64-bit applications on the Solaris Operating System for both SPARC(R) and x86 Platforms.

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