Thread: Suggestion: port Dalvik JIT to Maemo
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2011-02-01 , 08:27
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Originally Posted by attila77 View Post
Without going into the speculation what Nokia or Blackberry will do in future products, IMO there is only one reason for adopting Dalvik in any mobile OS - to be able to migrate to Android while keeping the current developer/userbase and their software investment.
Even after 14 years of using Linux as my primary OS, I keep WINE around for those occasional apps I am forced to use that have no open source equivalent. Presently that is only IE for one particular work related task, all my other needs have been met eventually by a suitable FOSS solution. My point is this is a two way street, and giving users the ability to run necessary software on a foreign system eases migration.