I have compiled a little list of options for Java ME and Java SE, which i would put on brainstorm. i'd like to get a few comments on it here first, though

these are mostly options allnameswereout mentioned. i have no idea about the compatibility of open source implementations with the official one. maybe someone could elaborate on that.

i also put in the possibilities of nokia porting open source implementations of SE and ME, though i'm not sure that's even realistic, since it would mean effort without being able to say "Java compatible". if you think these options are not even worth mentioning i will leave them out.



Proposal 1:
Java ME

nokia buys Java ME royalities and lets sun port it
+) official implementation, official support
-) probably quite expensive
-) Closed License

community ports phoneme
more info
+) GPL
-) no team as of yet
-) not "official", so no advertising of MIDP capability
-) no info as to how complete this implementation is

nokia ports phoneme
+-) see above

nokia or the community ports a Java SE implementation,
and we use smth. like microemu for ME compatibility
+-) see above
-) might be a bit slower



Proposal 2:
Java SE

nokia buys java SE embedded royalities and lets sun port it
+) official implementation, official support
-) probably quite expensive
-) Closed License

community ports OpenJDK/JRE 6
more info
+) GPL
-) no team as of yet
-) not "official", so no advertising
-) no info as to how complete this implementation is

nokia ports OpenJDK/JRE 6
+-) see above

community ports Jalimo
+) GPL
-) not much activity lately
-) no advertising, maybe incomplete