No Java on Java Father's phone

Stephen Withers
Thursday, 06 March 2008 11:52

Opinion and Analysis

Some carriers also made the mistake of thinking they could provide all the software people would want, rather than encouraging the creativity of third-party developers, Gosling suggested.

All I know is that while I've added some applications to my Java-capable Sony Ericsson phone, none of them were acquired over the air. Why would you incur substantial mobile data charges on top of the purchase price when the marginal cost of downloading over cable or ADSL is zero?

Apart from designing the Java language and implementing the original compiler and virtual machine, Gosling previously built a multiprocessor version of Unix and the Emacs text editor. He was also lead engineer of the NeWS window system project at Sun.

His current role is that of a researcher at Sun labs, focussing on software development tools.