-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 4/8/10 16:11 , Fernando Cassia wrote: > Perhaps it´s the only way for Web OS to ever get a decent Java > VM... ? > > http://brainstormtech.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2010/04/08/palm-ceo-puts-his-cards-on-the-table/ > > > Also, Sun tried, unsuccesfully, to get a top-notch Java mobile OS with SavaJe... > > As a Palm OS user, I know very well about the hassle of dealing > with IBM´s J9 Java VM. > > The question is: would Oracle´s Ellison be interested?. > > Thoughts? Comments? Expletives?. ;-) I think that Larry Ellison clearly stated that they don't want to sell phones, but the software that runs on phones. After buying Sun they now own JME and JavaFX (Mobile). They have clearly stated that they consider JavaFX (Desktop) strategic, so now they just need to have JavaFX (Mobile) spread. Which means having some major producer to endorse it, and have it to happen in a *very* strict timeline. Major producer means Android (*) and Nokia (at least). Very strict timeline means this summer - and possibly the end of May so when I'll speak about JavaFX Mobile at Jazoon 2010 I'll be able to say that it doesn't run only on a bunch of Windows Mobile phones :-) which, today, is embarrassing :-(
I've been a Palm customer since 1998, have started programming J2ME in 1999 since the first day they distributed it bundled in special Palm gear sold at Java One '99, and programmed on the Palm J2ME for years. It's clear that Palm strategy, successful or not, does not involve Java, since when that infamous J9 was dropped and not replaced. Rather than dealing with a platform that, even though successful, won't be a major player in the market, I think that if Oracle is really committed in mobile development they need to push what they already own. (*) It has been said multiple times that there's already a JavaFX runtime running on top of Android, so the business deal is the only missing point. - -- Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici - www.tidalwave.it/people [email protected] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAku97zcACgkQeDweFqgUGxclrQCgr9eRnbddZbTrm9zbhJGJNCOA h4UAn39ZHT8vZu5OgM/uXt4zfE3unAnF =DyY9 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
