Yes then you are right, if you only wish to focus on something quantifiable as potential installation numbers in the wild, then the discussion is pointless and starts to look like you're just bull- baiting me into coming up with a number. However I would still love to know what then you think of the situation, you are obviously of a different impression yet didn't really provide counter arguments nor answer my question.
Also, I'm rather curious as to how you distinguish a trend from a popularity, I would think it's pretty clear that at no given time in the last 7 years was J2ME as popular a search query as Android is today. To me at least, developer interest weighs higher than naïve installation numbers. /Casper On 1 Jul., 16:14, Fabrizio Giudici <fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it> wrote: > Casper Bang wrote: > > On 1 Jul., 14:30, Fabrizio Giudici <fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it> > > wrote: > > >> Can you define "popular"? Possibly in terms of number of installations? > >> Thanks. :-) > > > I can try, although I won't jump on the number bandwagon as I think > > that's utterly pointless. Most people with J2ME capable phones have > > never actually run such an application let alone installed a 3'rd part > > one. > > If we don't talk of numbers, the discussion is pointless :-) I accept > that those numbers are not necessarily the number of installations, but > the number of "runs", and you have a good point. > > For the remainder, I don't think your further points are good :-) Trends > are a thing, current popularity another. Do we have a way to measure the > number of installed applications, etc? > > -- > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager > Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." > weblogs.java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici -www.tidalwave.it/blog > fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it - mobile: +39 348.150.6941 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javaposse@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
