This whole article is a rambling mess that contradicts itself so much that it says nothing in the end. He takes 2/3rds of the article to tell you the history of Java, and why, despite the fact that he loves VMs, he hates Java, and it too is a piece of crap.
Also, he says that Dalvik is great, but Dalvik sucks because it is on a mobile device. Open SDKs are great, but not if they interact with a VM. We should have native code without a VM, or a VM without native code. But native code is bad because someone might do bad things with it and no one is minding the shop in Marketplace to prevent it.
So, all I can get from this article is that this guy loves the iPhone, and is looking for any and every reason to hate Android.
I agree. This article is just a gigantic headache that tries to sound authoritative but actually offers no sound technical arguments on anything. I mean what a mess. It's so incoherent you almost can't respond to it.
[+] [-] teilo|15 years ago|reply
Also, he says that Dalvik is great, but Dalvik sucks because it is on a mobile device. Open SDKs are great, but not if they interact with a VM. We should have native code without a VM, or a VM without native code. But native code is bad because someone might do bad things with it and no one is minding the shop in Marketplace to prevent it.
So, all I can get from this article is that this guy loves the iPhone, and is looking for any and every reason to hate Android.
[+] [-] famfam|15 years ago|reply
[+] [-] petervandijck|15 years ago|reply
His second beef was that, the way they don't manage the marketplace very much, it's very insecure.
[+] [-] periferral|15 years ago|reply