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How exactly is Java ME an "operating system"?

• bad_user 15y ago
  Don't fret about it - this is perfectly in line with the browser being considered an OS by the same people [1] In their vocabulary OS == "platform" and while these notions are sometimes interchangeable, in regards to market-share that's really comparing apples to oranges. Three reasons for that - (1) Java ME could start being distributed on Android phones (God, I hope not) + (2) Java ME is not a standard you can rely on and Nokia/Symbian and Samsung/Bada could always ditch Java ME, effectively killing it + (3) Java ME is as potent as Java's browser plugin is - good distribution numbers, poor apps, unsatisfied customers and in general a plague. [1] http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2006/10/01/8387120/ http://money.cnn.com/magazines/business2/business2_archive/2...