Linked by Kroc Camen on Mon 22nd Dec 2008 10:53 UTC, submitted by Mark Wielaard
Robert Schuster has a very detailed account of the work done to get full Java support on small devices. He managed to cross compile (and package) OpenJDK/IcedTea for OpenEmbedded/ARM through multiple build stages using various free java implementations. This provides full free (GPL) J2SE support for ARM based handlhelds, phones and embedded devices like the BeagleBoard, BUG, OpenMoko, Maemo and the Irex Iliad through Jalimo.
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RE[2]: exist since a while...
by collinm on Tue 23rd Dec 2008 01:58
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RE[3]: exist since a while...
by Rahul on Tue 23rd Dec 2008 02:12
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I didn't say it was a problem as such although then you would have to get into why Sun decided to open source it;s JDK in the first place and why someone decided to put time and effort into this cross compilation.
I was in fact, just noting that it is not just the same thing that existed for a while but a new effort based on recently open sourced code and it deserves to be looked upon as a unique effort.
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That is proprietary. IcedTea is not.