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Bornstein: AI cannot solve legacy code migration due to lost context

“AI may be able to transpile, you know, COBOL to Java, but there's a huge amount of context in what went into creating that COBOL code that's been totally lost, right?”

Matt Bornstein May 16, 2025 ▶ 31:30 Who's Coding Now? - AI and the Future of Software Development

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Rogers: Oracle vs. Google Java lawsuit benefited Node.js

“That's been great for Node.js, though. It's just another reason not to use Java, I guess.”

Michael Rogers Jan 2, 2019 ▶ 33:47 a16z Podcast | The Changing Culture of Open Source

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Sun offered Andreessen a job on the team building Java's precursor

“I got an offer actually from Sun at the time which had a had a unit, they had a software unit of Sun at the time called First Person which was creating what became Java later with James Gosling.”

Marc Andreessen Jun 28, 2024 ▶ 1:24:28 Marc Andreessen on Inventing The Internet Browser (How We all Access the Internet)

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