[Java not only a language but a platform] > > Thats part of Suns stupid marketing strategy. Its a language and a > platform. C++ is a language. QT is a platform. Oh hell, according to > the marketing Java is an OS as well. It's a language. There are platforms and OS-like applications built with it, but it's a language. > Both GTK and QT are plattforms which are just as powerfull as Java. > The need for Java on Maemo is pretty limited. Possibly, but essential in my case. It's a deal-breaker: no Java means I can't do my work, which requires several applications currently requiring Java. If Java isn't available for the N900, I won't buy it, and nor will any of my colleagues in the same business, several of whom bought N8*0s after seeing mine do what it does. But yes, for the average user, probably limited. By the same token I could say that the need for games on Maemo is "limited"...I'm not interested in them and couldn't give a tinker's cuss if they are available or not, but I'm sure there are lots of people for whom games are the deal-breaker; hence an N9** has to play games. Ultimately, the message has to be, don't cripple the platform by restricting it. I believe that Nokia may finally have understood this, although we'll have to wait and see if the default apps are as poor as the N800's were. I sure hope not. ///Peter _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
