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Re: Java’s Future Lies In Mobile?

Date	2011-02-08 22:46 -0500
From	Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: Java’s Future Lies In Mobile?
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On 08-02-2011 04:21, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:
> <http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/02/08/oracle_loses_client_to_server/>:
>
>      Application developers are moving away from the server and to mobile
>      clients, as a Forrester survey reveals ... ZDNet's Jason Perlow reasons
>      this shift will benefit Java-based Android more than Apple, in large
>      part because of Android's Java heritage.

There is a lot of bullshit bingo over that analysis.

> However:
>
>      An Android developer isn't, in other words, necessarily a Java
>      developer,

Why not.

Practically all Android development are done in Java, with javac and
Eclipse.

Questions about Android show up here.

>                     and certainly the skillsets of enterprise Java server
>      engineers aren't being repurposed for mobile application development.

We already have: Java SE desktop apps, Java ME mobile apps,
Java web apps, EJB's, Applets, JavaFX and possibly other
stuff that I have forgotten. Now we additionally have Android
as well.

Arne

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Re: Java’s Future Lies In Mobile? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-02-08 22:46 -0500
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