Tuesday May 08, 2007

One of the questions that has popped up about JavaFX Mobile is "does this replace midlets & xlets"? The answer is "no". It actually supports both midlets and xlets. Midlets were initially designed for the very constrained cellphones of 5 years ago. It has evolved since then and is the volume Java platform today. The next step up are xlets, which are starting to appear on CDC based phones. But the trajectory is clear: these APIs are approaching the full capability of a desktop: JavaSE. As the hardware constraints disappear, the API capabilities step up.

This is one of the great places to apply Moore's law: at any point in time you can look across the axis of scale and turn it on its side: today's high-end is tomorrow's volume. Permalink Comments [5]

Monday was filled with a lot of pre-JavaOne events for the Community, NetBeans, Licensees, Analysts, .... It was really hectic. The pavillion was a madhouse as folks put together all of their booths. Some of the gizmos are pretty exciting. You have to check out "poindexter" a very strange (and fast) robotic arm. It's right next to the slot car track, which will be a lot of fun too. Nearby you'll find the Wonderland/DarkStar folks (software for building virtual worlds). There's piles of cool stuff everywhere.

Make sure you come to Rich Green's talk: he's got a lot of interesting things to say and show. And at the end of his talk we'll be doing the t-shirt toss. Permalink