On Wed, 2010-11-03 at 09:09 -0400, Michael Meeks wrote: > Hi Ian, > > On Wed, 2010-11-03 at 12:50 +0000, Ian wrote: > > Ok, perhaps a daft suggestion but the principle is that all cell phones > > will have a vast amount of RAM and fast CPUs in the next 2 to 3 years. A > > gig of RAM is normal now, it would have been unthinkable 10 years ago. > > Sure - but our existing performance problems will get no better by > re-writing in Java :-) I think native code is the best approach.
Oh I agree, I was partly just provoking the debate. I used to write stuff in ARM Assembler but probably that is a bit extreme and that was 20 years ago in the days of ARM 2 and ARM 3 ;-) > > > I've seen OO.o running quite nicely on small ARM devices as native > > > code; that would be my approach to mobile. > > > > So why is there no strategy to get OOo on to these mobile devices? Or > > maybe there is ? > > Sure - improve performance and memory footprint - that work is > underway, and beef up the ARM port. Beyond that - a new UI shell is > required on top - and we have a mobile phone version. That sounds good. > Ultimately - the techincal strategy is easy; the only problem is people > to actually hack on doing it :-) are you volunteering ? What will be much more effective is for me to devise a strategy that can pay several developers to work on the project. I'm out of date in hacking, but I know how we should be able to make money. I think that is just a better use of the resources I can provide. > if so, we can > certainly help out with code pointers, review, encouragement, community > building etc. > > All the best :-) > > Michael. -- Ian Ofqual Accredited IT Qualifications A new approach to assessment for learning www.theINGOTs.org - 01827 305940 You have received this email from the following company: The Learning Machine Limited, Reg Office, 36 Ashby Road, Tamworth, Staffordshire, B79 8AQ. Reg No: 05560797, Registered in England and Wales. -- Unsubscribe instructions: Email to discuss+h...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines: http://netmeister.org/news/learn2quote.html Archive: http://www.documentfoundation.org/lists/discuss/ *** All posts to this list are publicly archived ***
