Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 14th Jul 2005 20:02 UTC
When it was first introduced, Sun Microsystems' Java software for cellular phones was supposed to let developers write a single program that could run on any handset. A half decade later, Sun's Java for cell phones, called the mobile information device profile, or MIDP, is used in half the world's 1.4 billion phones for downloading other bits of software. But writing a program that can run on any handset still isn't possible.
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RE: and people wonder why apple ditched java
by ahmetaa on Fri 15th Jul 2005 02:32
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i cannot believe how ignorant people be about technology, especially Java. Apple did not ditched Java at all. They have recently unveiled Java 5 for Mac OS-X and it is completey designed by Apple. They just do not support Cocoa spesific bindings, which almost nobody uses anyway. Java is very good in server side, and is getting much better in desktop, stop the FUD.
RE[2]: and people wonder why apple ditched java
by omnivector on Fri 15th Jul 2005 16:49
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Java, Sun's poorly designed language created to increase service revenues, is not a good language for building anything except mediocre server/middleware apps.
Also, as Sun sells hardware, don't ever expect Java to be anything other than a CPU killer.
If you need to blow the complexity of a project through the roof, choose Java. Make sure you specify "everything must be J2EE".
On the other hand, if you want to program phones, progam desktops, or build nice low complexity server apps, there are numerous alternatives that will save you time, money, and sanity.