Posted on 07-Dec-2002 04:26 GMT by JoannaK | 19 comments View flat View list |
My conclusion of current situation published for open discussion here in Ann.lu. Extracted (+ couple typos fixed) from my public letter to one of companies now involved into this. (Type: Rant, but not flaming)
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In the end.. this Amiga situation is all Controlling Game. Like You have admitted and like all others have said one way or another during their talks... You can all work together as long as 'Insert our favorite person/corporation' is in the LEAD. Only way to make this end seems to be that there has to be ONE company (or team) that crushes all competition and makes them paying slaves.
Correct me if I'm wrong here. I see this all as divorcing parent's fighting from their children . Every lie is acceptable, every method is legal as long as you can assure to have all us on your side. I do understand we are talking about remarkable markets here, especially IF by some accident winner happens to create real and attractive product to make this all happen in a way winner can lure all Ex users back.
Sorry. Only thing I can see is that people with best liars (and perhaps even lawyers), most money and (hopefully one day) best product wins this game. During these years there would have been plenty of times to you *great leaders* to get together but each time someone has wanted to have upper edge to others, so it have not become anything more constructive than ongoing bickering, fighting and Mud throwing.
Have well.. And remember all to have plenty of Mud around.
Joanna Kurki
Long Time EX Amiga user, EX Commodore developer etc etc..
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Posted by Janne Sirén on 07-Dec-2002 18:39 GMT | In reply to Comment 11 (gary_c): >> The reality is that Java is too big for the small devices, where VP
>(Intent/AmigaDE) is not
>The reality is that Java is running on cell phones in Japan now and, I
>assume, other places too. How small were you talking about? :-)
I have three Nokia cell-phones capable of running Java here in Finland. They are all sold in Europe and are available for immediate purchase. One of those, the Nokia 9210 Communicator, has been for sale for a year and a hald. The other, the Nokia 3410, is a small, cheap, black and white basic phone and has been for sale since last summer. It runs Java amazingly well, and comes with a 3D game. The 7650, a colour smartphone with a camera, has been for sale about the same time as well.
The mobile phone operators here have been selling Java content for mobile phones via SMS/WAP since the summer. I can buy Java games for my cell-phones for a few euros right away. I just send an SMS and the phone downloads the content. Easy and works. I have a lovery version of Lode Runner for my 7650 here. Very neat. Not soon, not in two weeks. Today. And for six months already. And for a full year prior to that I was running Java content on a 9210 cell-phone.
Look, the fact of the matter is: Java is here. It has been here for years, and it has been here for mobile devices for a relatively long time already as well.
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