Re: [Trisquel-users] Sun Wireless Toolkit and general Java questions

[janeandreas]

I think the BIOS IS the OS for the low-end phones. There it not something  
else that the "BIOS" loads as a more advanced OS. It is like operating within  
the 'BIOS' like on that old Windows CE platform. There is a project called  
Jlime for Windows CE handhelds that uses a bootloader to take control of the  
hardware and boot from files stored on a Compact Flash card. I am guessing it  
would not be trivial to make something like that for any given phone model,  
especially those without external memory card slots. Then there is the issue  
of getting an OS into, say 1MB. So it would be a herculean effort even for  
someone actually skilled enough. I at this point would rather subvert what is  
already here. I am not saying the path of less effort is always preferred,  
but to spend years on something that is not super essential and can in  
essence be done now seems wasteful to me when there are higher priority  
projects.