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Sun Is Porting Java To the iPhone

Posted by kdawson on from the who's-driving-now dept.

krquet notes an InfoWorld article on Sun's plans for the iPhone. After studying Apple's newly released SDK docs for 24 hours, Sun decided it was feasible to develop a JVM, based on Java Micro Edition, for both the iPhone and the iTouch. An analyst is quoted: "I think going forward, with the SDK, it takes out of Apple's control which applications are 'right' for the iPhone." The article doesn't speculate on how Apple might to react to such a loss of control. "Apple had not shown interest in enabling Java to run on the iPhone, but Sun plans to step in and do the job itself... The free JVM would be made available via Apple's App Store marketplace for third-party applications."

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  1. Re:No posts and for once I have mod points ! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    A real shame i have to get my point across as an ac but you can just go fuck yourselves. What the hell is up with the apple-hating thats going on around here anyways?

  2. Re:No posts and for once I have mod points ! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Damn there are some mean spirited people out there. I generally spend my mod points on pumping up the good stuff. And if I had mod points I'd bump you up, since I spend a lot of mine compensating for the stupid and mean spirited, but c'mon, your id is low enough that this can't be a surprise to you. Have you been drinking?
  3. Re:No posts and for once I have mod points ! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    i haven't had a single cunt all night pintstable! i had an ale at lunchtime and thats it.

  4. Re:No posts and for once I have mod points ! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Wow. You're a huge twat.

  5. Re:Apple's stance by eosp · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    No, they use Scheme. It is MIT, so a non-LISP is not good enough.