[opendtv] Re: OCAP - will it continue to move forward

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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 legions of 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:

   1. this would provide no binary compatibility, making distribution of
      enhanced programming across a diverse range of devices difficult
      if not impossible, and
   2. 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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