When I joined Sun, my task was to build the relationship with Vodafone. At the time it was clear to me that the Unique Selling Proposition was in the power and opportunity Java offered to the mobile world.
A large portion of my team and resources were working strategically alongside the Vodafone Live team in building out their service offering and propositions around Java.
It is great then to see this and Java get the acknowledgment it deserves when the Mobile Entertainment Forum recognized Java Mobile Edition as critical to building an industry that today is valued at US$32 billion....and that's over just 10 years.
"24 June 2009 London– The Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF) has awarded this year’s prestigious Meffys Outstanding Contribution award to Dr Antero Taivalsaari, Principal Investigator, Sun Microsystems Laboratories and Mark VandenBrink, Motorola Fellow & VP, the duo who laid the foundations for today’s thriving mobile applications business. Full press release
Hi Darell,
How much of the $32 B went to Sun ?
What is the J2ME revenu for Sun ?
What is the App Download server revenu for Sun ?
Not a lot, just few coins.
But Sun has been an incredible market creator with J2ME.
However it was just a very good marketing campaign.
It benefits to Apple today who know how to market and make money.
Even thought iPhone is a proprietary solution, it works and people will to spend much more money on it.
Posted by Andy on July 27, 2009 at 06:19 AM EDT #