Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.dougwise.org!nntpfeed.proxad.net!proxad.net!feeder1-2.proxad.net!203.109.252.33.MISMATCH!newsfeeds.ihug.co.nz!lust.ihug.co.nz!ihug.co.nz!not-for-mail From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: =?UTF-8?B?QW5kcm9pZOKAlFdoeQ==?= Dalvik? Followup-To: comp.lang.java.programmer Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 17:26:19 +1200 Organization: Geek Central Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 118-92-95-178.dsl.dyn.ihug.co.nz Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8Bit X-Trace: lust.ihug.co.nz 1306733179 4417 118.92.95.178 (30 May 2011 05:26:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@ihug.co.nz NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 05:26:19 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: KNode/4.4.7 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:4717 In message , BGB wrote: > On 5/29/2011 5:44 PM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > >> In message, BGB wrote: >> >>> ... register-based VMs are not necessarily non-portable, just the >>> performance argument is a bit weak, especially on x86 ... >> >> Which, interestingly, is not very popular for ultramobile devices. >> > now, maybe for RISC style targets things are faster ... The issue is power consumption. Intel has been unable to drive down the power usage of x86 chips to offer serious competition to ARM. >>> although they still use the Java language, which could itself be a >>> factor in a legal sense ... >> >> How come? Is the licence for the Sunacle JDK (which is what I use for >> compiling programs) violated in any way? > > apparently, Sun/Oracle is fairly fussy about who uses their trademark > and when, and basically they went and sued Google, IIRC (?), for using > their trademark in an unliscensed and partial implementation ... I don’t recall any trademarks being at issue in that suit. > ... and for infringing on their patents. Which is a separate issue.