On Thu, 10 May 2012 17:42:58 +0200, Casper Bang <[email protected]>
wrote:
Miguel demonstrates in other places in the text that he is fully aware of
the differences between the JVM (Hotspot) and Android (Dalvik), so I
think
you should read the sentence as a reference to design decisions taken by
Sun when writing the JLS (he mentions value structs, P/Invoke, reified
generics).
I know that he knows, but it's precisely because he knows that I'd expect
more precision in what he writes, everywhere in the post :-)
True, but given the fact that we don't have a relevant modern smartphone
platform with the JVM, that exercise becomes rather theoretical.
... apart from the FUD-spreading side effect against Java in general.
On the other hand, what are we to do, sit on our hands and not try things
because we might get hurt in the process? I've heard Miguel described as
Well, as an Android developer perhaps I'm optimistically naive, but I
don't feel menaced by the lawsuit. Maybe I'll get surprised, but in the
end most of us think that Google will just pay some money to Oracle (una
tantum, or in form of a fee), and much less than the original request. And
the story is over.
optimistically naive and he has made some enemies from his convictions.
In
any event, at the moment Oracle seems worse than Microsoft.
Perhaps because C# is minimally used in the mobile world? In any case,
Microsoft already makes tons of money out of Android (but indirectly)
thanks to patents (*):
http://www.trefis.com/stock/goog/articles/76522/google-gripes-as-microsoft-strikes-samsung-licensing-deal/2011-09-29
Figure out whether they could even take advantage of Android being totally
built on C#.
(*) Ironically, as we joked yesterday night at JUG Lugano, the primary
interest for Microsoft of not killing Android is that it's precisely the
point that they are making most money out of it than out of Windows
Phones. While Windows Phone might not look bad, Nokia is performing bad,
has fatally slipped down in the list of top manufacturers and frankly
speaking I wouldn't bet on it.
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