James Gosling, also known as the "Father of Java" has resigned from Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL). In a blog post titled "Time to move on" posted last Friday, Gosling sought to avoid questions on his precise reasons for leaving. Noting that its "difficult to answer," he did however hint that it wasn't the most friendly of partings when he wrote "just about anything I could say that would be accurate and honest would do more harm than good."

Already, the blog entry already has over a hundred comments, mostly by well-wishers who thanked him for his contributions. A few though, expressed worry at the future of Java in the hands of Oracle now that he is no longer at the helm.

Gosling created the original design of the Java programming language at Sun Microsystems, prior to the company's acquisition by Oracle. First reported by FierceCIO:TechWatch last year, the deal was finally closed in late January after being stalled for more than half a year over regulatory concerns.

For more on this story:
- check out this article at CRN
- check out this article at James Gosling's blog

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