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J2ME and .Net CFF Mobile Games

Posted by krow on from the what-if-I-don't-care-for-either dept.

Java World is featuring the first part of a series comparing J2ME and the .Net CF vaporware (ok, it will exist at some point). It does tout the normal Java "features" such as being cross-platform in comparison to the mono-platform reality of .NET CFF. It has a bizarre critique of .Net CLR for being object oriented, and mentions the fact that most of the Linux PDAs coming out now run Java as an advantage for Java. (I love my Zaurus but I can't imagine it being useful for most people.)

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  1. Re:Sorry to ignore most of the article but.. by |deity| · · Score: 2, Informative

    I will agree that the Zaurus is not for everyone, but I don't think that anyone who could use one running microsoft's pocket PC, would really have any trouble with the zaurus.

    I've never had to reset my for anything but I haven't had it that long so I already have the newest ROM.

    Syncing with windows was easy, I will admit syncing with Linux was a bitch. But try to get an IPAQ to sync to linux without switching from Pocket pc to linux.

    I don't use the zaurus for the same things you do. I mainly use it to read books, listen to music, keep track of contacts, and take short notes.

    I agree great toy, but I would recommend it to most of the people I know. :)

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  2. .NET CF by IanBevan · · Score: 4, Informative

    and the .Net CF vaporware...

    Actually, it's included in Microsoft Visual Studio.NET 2003 due for release in April IIRC.

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  3. Vapo[u]rware???? by Burb · · Score: 2, Informative
    Sheesh, I'm glad no one was telling me it was vapo[u]rware when I was contributing to this book ... Hey guys, say what you like about .NET CF but it does exist and will ship within weeks. Really.

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  4. Re:lots of reasons .NET CF will fail and fail badl by GiorgioG · · Score: 2, Informative

    .NET CF is already monolithic and bloated at version 0.9. J2ME is tiny and modular.

    Care to back that up with some numbers Mr. Anonymous? The .NET CF runtime will be around 1mb for its final release. And will support most of the functionality of the .NET framework on the desktop.

    OSS users are becoming as ignorant as the people they hate for not using OSS.