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Monday, November 13, 2006
Mobile & Embedded Community
Sun has just opened the doors to a community for Java ME developers. Logically most focus will be on MIDP, but it's likely also CDC/PP etc will be discussed here.
I think this is great for all developers out there that either have few in the proximity to discuss with or that needs to know about others' experiences of new features of and tools for Java ME etc.
As of now the actual facts provided via the site are the same as has been available before via java.net.
The biggest benefit is probably the focus this will have on what people are actually using Java ME for: mobile phones.
community.java.net - Mobile & Embedded Community
See also these new notes about the open source effort, as Java ME is as of now open sourced under GPL:
Welcome to phoneME
Free and Open Source Java - Get Involved
Free and Open Source Java - Overview
QuicklyBored » Blog Archive » Sun Open Sources Java Under GPL
I'm ambiguous as to the benefits of open sourcing Java ME, and wonder if it might actually increase fragmentation rather than the opposite. It's clear though that this can generate a much faster development of new features. Hopefully the code also gets optimized so that each KVM provider doesn't have to optimize the reference code extensively and that way introduce "dialects" (read: bugs) on the way.
I think this is great for all developers out there that either have few in the proximity to discuss with or that needs to know about others' experiences of new features of and tools for Java ME etc.
As of now the actual facts provided via the site are the same as has been available before via java.net.
The biggest benefit is probably the focus this will have on what people are actually using Java ME for: mobile phones.
community.java.net - Mobile & Embedded Community
See also these new notes about the open source effort, as Java ME is as of now open sourced under GPL:
Welcome to phoneME
Free and Open Source Java - Get Involved
Free and Open Source Java - Overview
QuicklyBored » Blog Archive » Sun Open Sources Java Under GPL
I'm ambiguous as to the benefits of open sourcing Java ME, and wonder if it might actually increase fragmentation rather than the opposite. It's clear though that this can generate a much faster development of new features. Hopefully the code also gets optimized so that each KVM provider doesn't have to optimize the reference code extensively and that way introduce "dialects" (read: bugs) on the way.
