Re:The Java Ring: A Wearable Computer (1998)
by twic on Wednesday November 12, 2014 @06:17PM
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Didn't that more or less happen? Your phone runs Java (well, maybe not, but most people's do). The SIM card in your phone runs Java. Set-top boxes and TVs run Java. I know a guy who programs washing machines in Java. The servers serving up the pages you read on your phone run Java (or at least the JVM). Most of the current big data software runs on the JVM. About the only applications which aren't Java are desktop apps, and those are kind of a hangover from the, er, 90s.
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Re:The Java Ring: A Wearable Computer (1998)
by skywhopper on Wednesday November 12, 2014 @07:12PM
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... and unremarkably, the software on set-top boxes and TVs (and perhaps washing machines--mine's pretty buggy considering the number of inputs and outputs involved) is uniformly terrible, along with most pre-Android Java-based phones. Not to mention the overhead required to run something like Java in an embedded system was until very recently, bad for keeping costs down.
It's notable that the current, much more successful, wave of embedded platforms suitable for DIY work don't run Java.