Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!news.linkpendium.com!news.linkpendium.com!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 23:20:18 +1200 Organization: Geek Central Lines: 21 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 1306754419 16353 118.92.95.178 (30 May 2011 11:20:19 GMT) X-Complaints-To: abuse@ihug.co.nz NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 30 May 2011 11:20:19 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: KNode/4.4.7 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:4737 In message , BGB wrote: > On 5/30/2011 3:13 AM, Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote: > >> In message, BGB wrote: >> >>> if you say [J2ME] is "unsuitable" then it is sort of expected to say in >>> which ways it is unsuitable... >> >> Already done. See the posting that started this thread. > > I looked, and these are not solid answers, in that no real basis is > given apart from plain assertions ... “Too expensive” — seems pretty straightforward to me. It’s either right or wrong; to settle it, just let us know what the licensing cost for J2ME is. “Everything runs in one VM => lousy security” — that’s pretty obvious, too. If it isn’t clear to you, might I point out that, under Android, every app runs under its own user ID? So you get the standard user privilege separations provided by the Linux kernel.