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

David asks:

> 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?

Per a prior email of mine, Avalon would be VERY useful for embedded 
controller devices (such as manufacturing process control)...in fact, there is a 
sourceforge project that is spinning up to do just that.  It's aims are to make 
embedded programming and integration with enterprise systems (eg. J2EE) 
easier.  Think of small footprint servers....

Personally, I don't think it will be as useful on PDA's or Consumer devices (eg. 
cellphones) as in the embedded controller space.
Andrzej Jan Taramina
Chaeron Corporation: Enterprise System Solutions
http://www.chaeron.com