(keitai-l) Brew vs. Java

On The Register recently there was a pretty interesting interview
with Colly Myers, one of the creators of the Symbian OS. It touches
(though not by name) on quite a few things that are happening in Japan,
including Felica on phones and Brew vs. Java. One particularly good
quote:

    My point is that there is not a mass consumer market for C++
    applications, with the emphasis on consumer and C++. My theory is
    that any really successful C++ application will become a signature
    application and will end up being built into the phone. Opera is a
    perfect example.

    So there will be a large market for C++ applications but the
    market will be to ODMs [Original Device Manufacturers] and handset
    manufacturers, and possibly, in time, network operators. There will
    be a large consumer market for downloadable applications but it
    will be for smaller and lightweight applications and they will be
    in Java. They must be cost effective to download and they will have
    increasingly shorter shelf lives. It will be Java because a large
    target market must exist, and for mobile phones this will only be
    for Java MIDP phones.

The full interview is at:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2004/07/21/colly_myers_interview/

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