Re:The strange case of virtual machines on telephones
by lkosewsk on Sunday August 29, 2010 @02:30PM
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A VM in a puny chip is the price one pays for a developer audience, to build a thriving ecosystem of apps so that consumers will want to buy the device.
Too bad Apple didn't pay that price, because otherwise, they might have had consumers and a thriving... oh, wait...
Re:The strange case of virtual machines on telephones
by teyc on Monday September 06, 2010 @09:09PM
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Apple already had a toolchain and developers before iPod Touch arrived. It made sense for them.
A newcomer with no audience does not have too many choices. The world simply has more developers who program to JVM or CLR.
How fast it runs is not as important as "is it fast enough for the customer" and "will I be able to produce this at a reasonable price?"
Everything in engineering is a trade-off.
A VM in a puny chip is the price one pays for a developer audience, to build a thriving ecosystem of apps so that consumers will want to buy the device.