Path: csiph.com!eeepc.pasdenom.info!news.pasdenom.info!news.dougwise.org!nntpfeed.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!news.glorb.com!news-spur2.glorb.com!homer.glorb.com!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Steve Sobol Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Java?s Future Lies In Mobile? Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 08:28:30 -0800 Organization: Glorb Internet Services, http://www.glorb.com Lines: 16 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: xoAFiuXnRqdiUJrjkwExXQ.user.posting2.glorb.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-15" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@glorb.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2011 16:28:29 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: MicroPlanet-Gravity/3.0.4 X-Notice: Scanned by Mr. Bill Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:26085 In article , ldo@geek- central.gen.new_zealand says... > An Android developer isn't, in other words, necessarily a Java > developer, and certainly the skillsets of enterprise Java server > engineers aren't being repurposed for mobile application development. It's a different platform and API, however, the assertian that an Android developer isn't a Java developer is mostly BS. I believe there are some Android games written in C, but most of the apps out there are written in Java. -- Steve Sobol - Programming/Web Dev/IT Support Apple Valley, CA sjsobol@JustThe.net