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20080222 Friday February 22, 2008

Wahhh, Microsoft crying like a little baby over Java ME technology

Microsoft is crying over the victory of Blu-ray. They would have to use Java ME technology from Sun if they were to put a Blu-ray DVD player in the Xbox 360. Well, it is possible that there wouldn't be as many bugs in their software if they did move all their Xbox 360 apps to Java ME. :-)

See:

Microsoft cryin' and a-cryin'

Here's a quote: 

 "The fundamental problem with Blu-ray 
 from the Microsoft point of view is 
 that it uses Java from Sun," says 
 Mercer.  "I don't think Microsoft will 
 ever introduce a Blu-ray player for 
 the Xbox.  They will just concentrate 
 on downloads."

 Microsoft had a long-standing battle 
 with Sun over the licensing and 
 integration of Java in its products 
 and later built its own competing 
 products...
What the article fails to mention is that the Windows Mobile 6 cell phones (like the HTC Touch) come pre-installed with a Java ME VM. Must be that they're just colicky, eh?

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