RE: WAP Competitors ?

U are absolutely right when u say that Java can be used with WAP
(infact I am implementing WTLS using KVM! though I am facing some
problems as DatagramSocket is not ported to KVM...and WAP uses
UDP for communcation.).

Coming back to the original question:
The point is why do I need WAP at all if I can use the communication
libraries provided by Java...(KVM has a socket implementation). So instead
of going thorugh WAP protocol stack, the Java browser can use the
stack provided by KVM.....and communicate to the gateway....

As regards royalty question, I think u r right.

Regards,
Sandeep

PS: BTW do u know if anybody has tried implementing the WAP suite
    using KVM?

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On Fri, 3 Mar 2000, Josh Cohen wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: jain@cs.purdue.edu [mailto:jain@cs.purdue.edu]
> > Sent: Friday, March 03, 2000 7:18 PM
> > To: Sandeep Hundal
> > Cc: www-mobile@w3.org
> > Subject: Re: WAP Competitors ?
> > 
> > 
> > Yes.....KVM - Kilobyte Virtual Machine from  Sun.
> > Some companies are trying to propose this as a standard
> > for software deployment on the mobile nodes. Well the crux of
> > this is much-hyped Java.
> > 
> > KVM is a lightweight version of Java virtual machine tailored
> > specifically for devices with low memory, computing power etc.
> > If KVM is installed on a mobile entity, it will be able to run
> > Java programs....and these programs can be browsers...servlets..
> > ..an application....
> >
> Java is an execution environment.  WAP is a protocol stack and a 
> scriptable execution environment.  WAP can easily be used with
> Java or any other runtime environment.   I dont see how
> Java and WAP are necessarily competitors.
>  
> > But Java is proprietary....that means companies using this 
> > technology will have to pay royalty. 
> >
> WAP also has some intellectual property constraints that
> you may need to license, depending on what you are doing 
> with it.  You should see the WAP forum for more information.
>  
> > Lets see who wins in the battle of technology n commerce...
> > 
> > Sandeep
> > 
> > --------------------------------------------------------------
> > --------------
> > Sandeep Jain                    Office: MTH 405
> > Graduate Student                Phone : 765-494-5006
> > Computer Science Department     URL: 
> > http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/jain/
> > Purdue University
> > West Lafayette, IN 47907-1398.                   
> > 
> > On Sat, 4 Mar 2000, Sandeep Hundal wrote:
> > 
> > > 
> > > Are there any alternatives to WAP ?
> > > 
> > > Out of interest...
> > > 
> > > 
> > > Sandeep
> > > 
> > 
>

Received on Saturday, 4 March 2000 03:07:40 UTC