2010/9/10 Cédric Beust ♔ <[email protected]>: > On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 4:07 PM, robogeek <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Anyway Android cannot be the future of Java until Google gets some way >> to have the right to apply the Java trademarks to Java. > > I'm not sure why you say that, it's pretty obvious to me the Android has > established itself as the Java reference for mobile devices (and it will > soon expand to much more than that: tablets, etc...). > And the Oracle lawsuit will not change that since it has nothing to do with > Java.
My agreement with Joe here is that Android has established itself as the future of mobile development for Java developers. It can't call itself Java and it's not trying to. But if you're a Java developer and you want to apply your Java skills in the mobile space why would you look anywhere besides Android. >> Until they do so, Android is a move to fracture the Java ecosystem/market >> etc. > > Fracture which ecosystem, exactly? The mobile one? As you said above, > Android is pretty much the only game in town if you want to write Java for > mobile devices now. Yeah, it fractures the Java ecosystem, but it's an ecosystem that, frankly, has been stalled for the last year or so. Pragmatically, Google gave it a jumpstart. One of the most salient points in the podcast to me was "Why didn't Google buy Sun?" Greg -- 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.
