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The creator of Java, James Gosling, has handed in his notice to the bosses of Oracle.

Following Oracle’s acquisition of Sun, Gosling had taken on the role of chief technology officer for Oracle’s client software group after holding the position of chief technology officer (CTO) for Sun’s developer products group.

He confirmed his resignation on his blog this weekend but kept his reasons for leaving a little more mysterious.

“As to why I left, it’s difficult to answer: Just about anything I could say that would be accurate and honest would do more harm than good,” wrote Gosling.

Gosling did not give a reason for his departure, other than to say that frankness about the situation might “do more harm than good.”

Said Gosling:

“Yes, indeed, the rumors are true: I resigned from Oracle a week ago (April 2nd). I apologize to everyone in St Petersburg who came to TechDays on Thursday expecting to hear from me. I really hated not being there. As to why I left, it’s difficult to answer: just about anything I could say that would be accurate and honest would do more harm than good. The hardest part is no longer being with all the great people I’ve had the privilege to work with over the years. I don’t know what I’m going to do next, other than take some time off before I start job hunting.”