J2ME Disappointment

Sun Java Wireless Toolkit 2.5 is out of beta. Can anyone explain to me the logic of making a Java toolkit that’s Windows-only? Sheesh. -m

This entry was posted on Friday, February 16th, 2007 at 9:30 pm and is filed under mobile, software.

mindinhand http://mindinhand.blogspot.com
February 17th, 2007 at 10:55 pm

Umm… They say its too much work to support other platforms. Its painful.

Largest pool of developers use java.

http://java.sun.com/products/sjwtoolkit/FAQ.html#general

Yet, with open source emulators and tools like ant, it seems like somebody should make something built on the java platform alone.

I’m thrilled. I love the WTK on windows.
John M Flinchbaugh http://www.hjsoft.com/blog/
February 18th, 2007 at 11:53 am

In the FAQ, it says they’re working on the other platforms, like Linux.
Owen http://www.u-g-h.com
February 23rd, 2007 at 10:00 am

I suppose they had to start somewhere, but I agree, releasing it for Windows only is akin to Microsoft releasing the next version of windows which only runs on SPARC