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wanderr
on April 25, 2010
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Android 2.2 (Froyo) features
Wow, I had no idea! Thanks for the summary. :)
eli
on April 25, 2010
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Yup, seems like a really clever way to give developers a familiar language with a huge library without having to make a deal with Sun (err Oracle) for a JVM license
nailer
on April 25, 2010
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Isn't the JVM OSS?
dchest
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Here's an article on this: "Dalvik: how Google routed around Sun’s IP-based licensing restrictions on Java ME"
http://www.betaversion.org/~stefano/linotype/news/110/
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The clever part is getting anyone to believe that a VM with the exact same semantics as Java doesn't infringe Java patents.
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