In hindsight it was probably naive of me to make a promise that with commercial realities you can't really keep. But I'm not making any excuses. I made that promise and I regret not being able to keep that promise.

Computing is no longer just about PCs, laptops or even cell phones, but rather about the promise of pervasive computing -- which will largely be enabled by sensors. This announcement will allow Java -- just as it did with cell phones and the Internet -- to play a pivotal role in enabling the coming wave of sensor driven computing.

Computing is no longer just about PCs, laptops or even cell phones, but rather about the promise of pervasive computing, which will largely be enabled by sensors.

I don't want to comment too much but I certainly didn't mean to give the impression I was congratulating myself over John's departure. I've got the utmost respect for John.

John has been a great coach for our club, taking us to a premiership and falling only one game short of a second grand final.

I don't really want to say anything about our meeting other than it was emotional.