Task:Brainstorm Java
Temporary entry to outline Brainstorm entry for Java support on Maemo 5 as result of discussion on t.m.o. Also see Java; this wiki entry is permanent and not related to Brainstorm.
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Proposal 1: Java ME
Nokia buys Java ME royalities and lets SUN port it
- +) Official implementation, official support
- +) According to a member of the Java Runtime Team at Nokia, some work on this port has already been done.
- -) Probably quite expensive
- -) Closed license
Community ports PhoneME (more info)
- +) GPL
- -) No team as of yet
- -) Not "official", so no advertising of MIDP capability
- -) No info as to how complete this implementation is
Nokia or the community ports a Java SE implementation, and we use something like MicroEmu for ME compatibility
- +-) See above
- -) Might be a bit slower
Proposal 2: Java SE
Nokia buys Java SE embedded royalities and lets SUN port it
- +) Official implementation, official support
- -) Probably quite expensive
- -) Closed license
Community ports OpenJDK 6 JRE (more info)
- +) GPL
- -) No team as of yet
- -) Not "official", so no advertising
- -) No info as to how complete this implementation is
Nokia ports OpenJDK 6 JRE
- +-) see above
Community ports Jalimo
- +) GPL
- -) Not much activity lately
- -) No advertising, maybe incomplete
Community or Nokia builds Iced Tea
- +) True GPL, no binary components
- -) No team so far
- -) No official advertising
Todo
Following is not taken into account in above proposals.
- ?) Compatibility of open source implementations with the official one. Certified YES/NO. If no, please link to what is missing.
- ?) Browser plugin is not covered in discussion.