[opendtv] Re: OCAP - will it continue to move forward
- From: Bill Sheppard <Bill.Sheppard@xxxxxxx>
- To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 23:09:48 -0700
Kon Wilms wrote: Bill Sheppard wrote: This would just make things worse.
You'd end up with two VM's in one stack, exponentially increasing the
complexity while adding very little additional value. What, are there
legionsof C# programmers out there just itching to develop ITV applications
who are locked out by Java? The only company who wants .NET in OCAP is
Microsoft. You could say the same for the Java VM being dropped on a system
where C/C++ libraries already exist and are well defined. Except that:
* this would provide no binary compatibility, making distribution of
enhancedprogramming across a diverse range of devices difficult if not
impossible, and
* the cable industry has made it very clear that security is a paramount
concern, and C/C++ applications provide far, far less protection against
(intentionally or not) errant code than Java code Bill
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