Dear OpenMoko Friends See the following blog about the "neat tricks" that Google performed to sidestep Sun Java licensing requirements.
http://www.betaversion.org/~stefano/linotype/news/110/ The short of is - Android code is written to a unique dialect of Java (super/subset) that runs on Android's own Dalvik VM. It's not J2ME or any other Sun profile and apparently not subject to Sun's licensing regimes - In doing so, Google created a new platform, better technically perhaps, but not a Java-based platform. This act by definition increases fragmentation, whatever you may think of the ugly Java-based status quo in the broader mobile market. Your comments and reflections appreciated. Bill -- Bill Weinberg - Embedded and Open Source Analyst / Consultant http://www.linuxpundit.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] 831-662-2857 (p) | 408-568-2492 (m) | 831-662-2852 (f) Blogs: http://activeanalysis.net/blog/18 http://linux-foundation.org/weblogs/mobile _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
