Android isn't a Java Platform - Say Hello to Dalvik

Tue Nov 13 17:29:04 CET 2007

hey friend
MS got in trouble with Sun for doing something a little bit similar,
but they had a licensing agreement in place that put MS in hot water.
I wonder if on a technical level it rules out cool stuff like jruby...
> > - Android code is written to a unique dialect of Java (super/subset)
> > that runs on Android's own Dalvik VM. It's not J2ME or any other Sun
> > profile and apparently not subject to Sun's licensing regimes

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Brad