Google's Android Threatens To Fork Java

The i-Technology Media!	Register \| Log in

.NET · AJAX · CLOUD · ECLIPSE · FLEX · OPEN WEB · iPHONE · JAVA · LINUX · OPEN SOURCE · ORACLE · PBDJ · SEARCH · SILVERLIGHT · SOA · VIRTUALIZATION · WEB 2.0 · WIRELESS · XML

Comments

Plone and Drupal: Different Approaches, Different Results

paul.nowak wrote: Matt, thanks for the comments. I made an error on the version of Plone. It's 2.5 Plone running on Zope 2.9x. In regards to the additional products, we have a skin installed and we have a product that we had custom developed for us that connects to a PostgreSQL database. We've looked at slow PostgreSQL queries causing problems and have not been able to find an issue. We've also tested for the case where the PostgreSQL server is down and have not been able to create an issue. We therefor...

Nov. 4, 2009 04:19 PM EST

Cloud Expo on Google News

Did you read today's front page stories & breaking news?

2009 East

PLATINUM SPONSORS:

IBM

Smarter Business Solutions Through Dynamic Infrastructure

IBM

Smarter Insights: How the CIO Becomes a Hero Again

Microsoft

Windows Azure

GOLD SPONSORS:

Appsense

Why VDI?

Maximizing the Business Value of Virtualization in Enterprise and Cloud Computing Environments

ExactTarget

Messaging in the Cloud - Email, SMS and Voice

Freedom OSS

Stairway to the Cloud

Sun

Sun's Incubation Platform: Helping Startups Serve the Enterprise

POWER PANELS:

Cloud Computing & Enterprise IT: Cost & Operational Benefits

How and Why is a Flexible IT Infrastructure the Key To the Future?

Click For 2008 West
Event Webcasts

2009 East

GOLD SPONSORS:

Get Your Transactions Under Control: SOA Performance Management

Software AG

Performance Driven Adoption: The Secret to Advancing SOA

Intel

The Evolving SOA Appliance: 3 Game-Changing Innovations

SILVER SPONSOR:

Denodo

Data Mashups: Deliver Your Project Faster with Virtualized Data Services Across Internal & External Sources

POWER PANELS:

The Business Value of Service Orientation

Driving Profitability Through User Experience

Click For 2008 West
Event Webcasts

Live Google News by SYS-CON!

Top Three Links You Must Click On

Java Industry News

Google's Android Threatens To Fork Java

Android calls for a special Google Java that now has Sun folk nibbling their fingernails and worrying out loud to the press

By: Maureen O'Gara

Nov. 19, 2007 05:15 PM

Looks like Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz should have waited for his boys to give Google's Android spec the once over before endorsing the thing last week expecting Java to get a "massive endorsement" out of it.

Oh, Java gets a "massive endorsement" all right; it's just not standard off-the-shelf Java.

Android calls for a special Google Java that now has Sun folk nibbling their fingernails and worrying out loud to the press about "write once, run anywhere" Java ME/MIDP fragmenting.

Sun EVP, software Rich Green at a webcast press conference at Oracle OpenWorld in San Francisco described Sun as "reaching out" to Google to avoid fracturing Java in the name of the "best interests of the developer."

The sweet irony is that this greatest threat to Java since Microsoft should come from Google CEO Eric Schmidt, the guy who originally led Java development at Sun and signed the contract with Microsoft, leading to the Java wars.

Published Nov. 19, 2007— Reads 24,451 — Feedback 2
Copyright © 2007 SYS-CON Media, Inc. — All Rights Reserved.
Syndicated stories and blog feeds, all rights reserved by the author.

About Maureen O'Gara
Maureen O'Gara the most read technology reporter for the past 20 years, is the Cloud Computing and Virtualization News Desk editor of SYS-CON Media. She is the publisher of famous "Billygrams" and the editor-in-chief of "Client/Server News" for more than a decade. One of the most respected technology reporters in the business, Maureen can be reached by email at maureen(at)sys-con.com or paperboy(at)g2news.com, and by phone at 516 759-7025.

Reader Feedback: Page 1 of 1

Jimmy Smith commented on 24 Nov 2007

Want to get into Android-Programming, then should take a look to our kind Tutorial/Community-Board for not only your first steps!
We help you on every problem that occurs.
Get into right now:
http://www.anddev.org

Greetings, Jimmy

Java News Desk commented on 19 Nov 2007

Looks like Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz should have waited for his boys to give Google's Android spec the once over before endorsing the thing last week expecting Java to get a 'massive endorsement' out of it. Oh, Java gets a 'massive endorsement' all right; it's just not standard off-the-shelf Java. Android calls for a special Google Java that now has Sun folk nibbling their fingernails and worrying out loud to the press about 'write once, run anywhere' Java ME/MIDP fragmenting.