Given at the MS campus on the 28 September 2007
Needs - ‘Access to the platform’
JSRs (Java Specification Requests) by the Java Community Process (JCP)
- Location JSR179
- (Personal Information Manager)PIM JSR75
- File access (offline problem)
Features - ‘Promote an ecosystem’
- Java as the route to the platform
- JavaScript binding via Netscape Plugin Application Programming Interface(NPAPI) plugin
- Ecosystem/framework for Device API development
- Security as a design goal utilizing Java’s mediation and sandbox
Benefits - ‘Taking away the implementation pain’
- Access without wait. Avoid lengthy standardization procedures & we don’t know what are the really useful platform APIs anyway at this point
- Capitalizing on Java environment and deployment
- Carriers are familiar with the Java security model. Coming up with a new security model would be hard for adoption.
