Why J2ME? (was Re: [A5:RT] Minimum J2ME Specs and Strategy)

Daniel S. Haischt wrote:
> the Cell Phone/PDA assumtion only works if you are focusing
> on the enterprise sector. allthough according to Forrester
> currently 43% of IT executives are thinking that mobility
> doesen't matter within their bussiness processes.
>
> additionally how would you make clear that your sister/brother
> needs a cell phone that runs an avalon container ;-)
>
> so if somebody refers to the consumer sector while talking
> about avalon enabled cell phones, i would say there is
> definitly no need for such a thing ;-)
>
> allthough there are great potentials in the enterprise sector
> if it comes to Java enabled cell phones or handhelds.

I'm not even sure the enterprise sector needs Avalon on a cellphone.  Is
this just frivolity that's going to freeze Avalon progress or is J2ME
support genuinely useful?

Although it's nice to imagine the power of Avalon on the client side, slow
down for a second and read the Jakarta mission statement (but then, Avalon
is moving out of Jakarta, if I understand correctly).  Apache is a place for
developing *server-side* software.  Who runs a server on a cellphone?  If
the framework is lightweight and flexible, let someone who needs it try to
create a J2ME container at sourceforge or privately.

David Weitzman