Google Engineer: Java Options “All Suck”, Android “Needs to Negotiate a License”
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I would like to see a link to an article that is more balanced (too bad groklaw isn't around anymore). Does anyone have a more suitable source document for discussion?
Just look at their definition of Chrome OS. "Chrome OS is basically a crippled netbook that currently requires constant internet connection to function, and to allow Google data-mining and ad serving."
Last time I checked, Chrome OS was an operating system, not a netbook. And a netbook whose main job is to surf the web isn't a "crippled" netbook...it's just a netbook.
Not sure what browser you are using, but ads on the site are adsense ads, which do not "Launch" anything.
Google should have just bought Sun, sold off the hardware business to say IBM, and kept Java and the patents.
In this case I think the nerds at Google were too clever for their own good and it's going to bite them in the long run.
But that means you need to also re-implement the entire Java SDK in <other-language>, not to mention the entire Android SDK. Wowzer. Big project. But you're right, it seems possible.