Patrick Naughton

Patrick Naughton
Born	1965 (age 51–52)
Nationality	American
Occupation	software developer / executive
Known for	the Java programming language, internet sex crime and the fantasy defense for paedophiles.
Criminal charge	traveling in interstate commerce with the intent to have sex with a minor, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §2423(b).
Criminal penalty	sentenced to five years of probation, nine months of home detention and ordered to pay a $20,000 fine
Criminal status	guilty

Patrick Naughton (born in 1965) is an American software developer, known as one of the creators of the Java programming language and later a high-profile sex offender.

In 1983, Naughton co-wrote a MacPaint clone, Painter's Apprentice, with Russ Nelson.

As a Sun Microsystems engineer, Patrick Naughton had become frustrated with the state of Sun's C++ and C APIs (application programming interfaces) and tools. While considering moving to NeXT, Naughton was offered a chance to work on new technology and thus the Stealth Project was started.

The Stealth Project was soon renamed to the Green Project with James Gosling and Mike Sheridan joining Naughton. Together with other engineers, they began work in a small office on Sand Hill Road in Menlo Park, California. They were attempting to develop a new technology for programming next generation smart appliances, which Sun expected to be a major new opportunity.

In June and July 1994, after three days of brainstorming with John Gage, the Director of Science for Sun, James Gosling, Bill Joy, Naughton, Wayne Rosing, and Eric Schmidt, the team re-targeted the platform for the World Wide Web. They felt that with the advent of the first graphical web browser, Mosaic, the Internet was on its way to evolving into the same highly interactive medium that they had envisioned for cable TV. As a prototype, Naughton wrote a small browser, WebRunner, later renamed HotJava.

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