Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!selfless.tophat.at!news.glorb.com!news-spur2.glorb.com!homer.glorb.com!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Steve Sobol Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Android?Why Dalvik? Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 08:05:38 -0700 Organization: Glorb Internet Services, http://www.glorb.com Lines: 26 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: xoAFiuXnRqdiUJrjkwExXQ.user.posting2.glorb.com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@glorb.com NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 31 May 2011 15:05:40 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: MicroPlanet-Gravity/3.0.4 X-Notice: Scanned by Mr. Bill Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:4797 In article , David Segall says... > > BGB wrote: > > >On 5/30/2011 4:48 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > >> In message, BGB wrote: > >> > >>> sadly, Linux has not entirely caught up to Windows WRT making an OS > >>> which is solidly good either... > >> > >> Except Android is kicking Microsoft?s arse. > > > >on cellphones... > > > > > >not seen any laptops or desktop PC's with Android though... > > Maybe not, but how many people need a laptop or a desktop? Lots of people, but more to the point, why would you want to run Android on a full-blown PC? -- Steve Sobol - Programming/WebDev/IT Support sjsobol@JustThe.net