the reason this was brought up in the podcast is Dick was wondering why Apple/Google aren't courting Java devs.
My guess is 1) they don't need to, both are getting tons of devs 2) apple sees java as a bunch of enterprise devs - which it considers uninteresting for the most part. On Jul 23, 8:48 am, Fabrizio Giudici <[email protected]> wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > On 7/23/10 16:32 , robogeek wrote: > > > But... is it good thing? Android, by being incompatible with the > > Java ecosystem, is increasing fragmentation in the world. This > > will lead to greater entropy and the eventual heat death of the > > universe. We must stop this and get Android to be compatible with > > Java to decrease the entropy in the world and save humanity. > > Yes and no. Yes, in the sense that any initiative to defragment is > good. No, because: > > 1. Android won't give up with Dalvik > 2. Android will never implement Swing or AWT or other stuff that > Google doesn't want on Android. > > So, it's impossible to have a "full Java" convergence of Android. > Technically, the Java thing should be split in modules (such as JME) > with separate TCK for each module, and Android could aim at being > compatible with some modules (language + core runtime - swing etc...). > Perhaps it could go in hand with the JDK 7 modularization (but I don't > know if the JDK 7 modularization boundaries are such as I depicted > them, i.e. if Swing is properly modularized). > > In any case I don't think this will ever happen for political reasons. > > - -- > 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/ > > iEYEARECAAYFAkxJq9UACgkQeDweFqgUGxdglwCgsnIPxQlPkGKaBI36+Y6Z18Jj > x8YAoJiCYi2OehBmluhGYknNNyEi75Dj > =ORAr > -----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.
