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#126 – James Gosling: Java, JVM, Emacs, and the Early Days of Computing

Lex Fridman Podcast

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Is Open Source a Good Thing, a Bad Thing?

Google is a good example of the leadership of Google throughout its history has been a pretty good example of, uh, not being nasty. So in general, I'm a big fan of, of open source. The way that it, it can be used to build communities and promote the development of things are really pretty grand. But when open source turns into a religion that says all things must be open source? That's kind of weird. And you're saying, yeah, exactly. Luck luck in timing, like you said, is often an essential thing.

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