Blog Archive for enicholas during May 2007
In my last entry, I briefly introduced the major features of the upcoming Consumer JRE. I'd like to now go into details on my pet project, code-named Java Kernel.
Overview
As previously mentioned, the idea is to create a 'minimal' JRE which has enough code to run System.out.println("Hello world!") and... well, that's about it. Every class or native library that isn't strictly necessary to boot...
When Steve Jobs announced the iPhone at MacWorld, Mac fans were understandably upset that no other announcements were made. There was nary a mention of Macs, Mac OS X, or iPods -- and disgruntled fans pointed to this as evidence that Apple was ignoring these products.
A few of the saner voices in the audience took the stance that since nothing could possibly have competed with the iPhone...
