Father of Java James Gosling criticises cloud vendor lock-in

Stuart Sumner
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'People talk about cloud like it's magic pixie dust, which it isn't,' says Gosling

The 'father of Java', James Gosling, has slammed cloud vendors for keeping their customers locked in to strict commercial deals with heavy financial punishments for removing their data or applicati...

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