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On Mon, 08 Jan 2007 18:34:38 +0000 Simon Waters <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > If you want to get low end mobile phones you are basically committed to > going Java, as some won't let anything else in, which gets you a lot of > platforms, but not everywhere. <devils-advocate>Nah, that means working with a proprietary API (on the phone). You can run free software on a chip-and-pin terminal now so why not ditch the proprietary rubbish and put a decent OS on the device.</devils-advocate> > Then there is programmer expertise. The SDL lot tend to take the view > that, it can't be that hard to write "insert hideously complex > programming thing", and writing it from scratch for their own need will > fit in less RAM and make it run faster, others prefer to stand on the > shoulders of taller folk. In terms of portability, it is ALWAYS a better idea to reuse existing code. -- Neil Williams ============= http://www.data-freedom.org/ http://www.nosoftwarepatents.com/ http://www.linux.codehelp.co.uk/
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