I originally clicked reply to a similar message to say much the same thing as what you've said, however the original announcement that he was replying to gave no specifics, save one-
"Thanks to the availability of our Jbed™ Java™ VM on the Android platform, we offer immediate compatibility to the standard Java ME world to enable Java ME-based mobile services with the Android platform."
So it's a bit fuzzy. I'm on the fence as to what this means, but given that Android was actually based on Java prior to Google's purchase, and this was not long after that transaction, I have to think Schwartz really was referring to a J2ME implementation. Indeed he specifically talks about support for netbeans and the like, which of course is entirely untrue for today's Android development.
So I don't think this is the smoking gun that many think it is. Scwartz perhaps jumped the gun before formalling licensing it, but it isn't some grand endorsement of an Apachy Harmony derivative.
http://www.openhandsetalliance.com/press_110507.html
"Thanks to the availability of our Jbed™ Java™ VM on the Android platform, we offer immediate compatibility to the standard Java ME world to enable Java ME-based mobile services with the Android platform."
So it's a bit fuzzy. I'm on the fence as to what this means, but given that Android was actually based on Java prior to Google's purchase, and this was not long after that transaction, I have to think Schwartz really was referring to a J2ME implementation. Indeed he specifically talks about support for netbeans and the like, which of course is entirely untrue for today's Android development.
So I don't think this is the smoking gun that many think it is. Scwartz perhaps jumped the gun before formalling licensing it, but it isn't some grand endorsement of an Apachy Harmony derivative.
http://blog.yafla.com/Did_Jonathan_Schwartz_Endorse_Androids...