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Sun Microsystems wants to end the the developer hell known as J2ME fragmentation by bringing together their desktop Java and mobile Java implementations into one common platform. Competition from Microsoft with Silverlight and the compact .Net Framwork, Adobe with AIR and Flash Lite 3 might have been the reasons, but Sun Microsystems VP James Gosling “the father of Java” (pictures above) dismisses those claims saying that AIR is a petri dish for virii.
Let the best RIA platform win I say. Java has the edge right now due to penetration, but we’ve all seen what happens when the dominant market leader stagnates and fails to innovate. Time for the new kid on the block to teach an old man new tricks.
[Via: News.com]
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Stefan Constantinescu
Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.
