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By bbjwerner
via brandonwerner.com
Published: Apr 14 2008 / 12:17
Java - even in runtime philosophy - looking out over the horizon - is poorly matched for the new environment in which we find ourselves. You can even extend this argument to any software not written to a platform’s context, as Gartner recently wrote in regards to Windows Vista and the problems of it’s monolithic OS approach.
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bloid replied ago:
gets a vote up for the comments from me
sproketboy replied ago:
Uh, Java is already a mobile platform used in many places. The linked article is just an Apple fanboy rant.
signal9 replied ago:
I'm not a java fanboi, but it has been deployed on the BB for years successfully.
bbjwerner replied ago:
Right, but this is a discussion on expectations on new platforms (iPhone, Touch, Nokia Tube) and the fitness of Java in that space considering it's issues with JavaFX (the only viable technology for touch in Java atm)
dglasser replied ago:
Someone should break this news to the folks at RIM (Blackberry).
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