good news regarding Java QT binding for Opie

Hopefully we'll be able to run AWT Java apps with Opie soon. See below.
   -M@

Begin forwarded message:

> From: Hinkmond Wong <Hinkmond.Wong@sun.com>
> Date: Tue Jun 18, 2002 01:28:27 PM US/Pacific
> To: Matthew Hixson <hixson@poindextrose.org>
> Cc: Hinkmond Wong <hinkmond.wong@sun.com>, jini-uSERS@JAVA.SUN.COM
> Subject: Re: * If Jini is in the chasm, where's the beachhead?
> Reply-To: Hinkmond.Wong@sun.com
>
> Yes, our CVM works both with Opie and Qtopia (default on Zaurus). Our
> early-access download will be available in the next few weeks, so I'll
> send out an e-mail autoresponder address for how to download it.
>
> Insignia's Jeode (which comes bundled with the Zaurus) has Qt bindings
> for PersonalJava (no Swing, but you do have AWT 1.1).
>
>
> Hinkmond
>
> Matthew Hixson wrote:
>>
>> Hi Hinkmond,
>> Do you know if your VM works with Opie, a GUI that runs on the
>> familiar Linux distribution on Compaq Ipaqs?
>> http://opie.handhelds.org/
>> As far as I know there is no freely available QT binding for
>> Java. I
>> have gotten the JVM from Blackdown working with Jini on my Ipaq, but
>> since there's no binding with QT, I can't write Swing apps for Opie.
>> -M@
>>
>> On Tuesday, June 18, 2002, at 01:07 PM, Hinkmond Wong wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 10:34:41 -0400, Luba Powell
>>> <powell_luba@hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Can you use Jini for
>>>>> embedded?
>>>>
>>>> -- Not effectively, Scott. Sun's general purpose JVM
>>>> is just not good enough for this. Need better JVM.
>>>
>>> The J2ME CDC-based CVM is good enough. The CDC Hotspot Implementation
>>> (CVM)
>>> has a Dynamic Compiler that is kicking butt. Our J2ME CDC team is
>>> developing the CVM for all CDC-based profiles, like J2ME Personal
>>> Profile which can be run on devices like the Sharp Zaurus Linux PDA.
>>> Add
>>> the RMI Optional Package and you've got a full Jini device.
>>>
>>> The Jini chasm exists for the embedded world because the use of
>>> Jini surrogates is really underutilized. There seems to be
>>> resistance to it, since it's not "pure" Jini.
>>>
>>> If people would open their eyes and see the intrinsic value of using
>>> Jini surrogates, we would see Jini being used more in the embedded
>>> space. It's just a change of thinking that is needed there. All
>>> the technology and performance is available right now. The stigma of
>>> using a Jini surrogate is prevalent, but not founded on any real
>>> issues.
>>>
>>>
>>> Hinkmond
>>> J2ME CDC/CVM team
>>> Sun Microsystems, Inc.
>>>
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>
> --
> Hinkmond
>
Received on Tue Jun 18 20:53:19 2002