10 Years of Java

Hello World(s) — From Code to Culture: A 10 Year Celebration of Java Technology Sun Microsystems Inc. ISBN: 0-13-188867-6

Kid picked from my pile from weekend’s garage clean-up project and blogged about it. It jerked back so much memory, bitter and sweet. I brought this book to China in 2005 and bragged about my ownership of it to so many. I would flip to pages and told stories like a veteran on his glorious battles in the long past.

I left Sun with regret. I tried hard to make it a great company, then I gave up and left. I watched, on the side line, wishing that I was wrong leaving it. It is somehow more satisfying to miss the would-have turn-around. I would have been happy for friends; they would have teased me for missing out; that would have been cool.

I now have less friends there, found myself caring less, and feeling more bitter. Sun seems determined not to capture opportunities, all too risky or difficult.

I was right. That does not feel good.