Since much of this already exists in Chromium, does that mean that Google is pushing for JavaScript / Progressive Web Apps? You could have lighter installs of application or just links to web apps run. It almost sounds like they're going the Firefox OS route.
by Anonymous Coward writes:
on Wednesday February 15, 2017 @01:13PM (#53874109)
Since much of this already exists in Chromium, does that mean that Google is pushing for JavaScript / Progressive Web Apps? You could have lighter installs of application or just links to web apps run. It almost sounds like they're going the Firefox OS route.
Google has been threatened with serious problems by Oracle with Java. Google was effectively forced to build an alternative with zero Oracle input in it so that, if they had lost the suits, they had a place to go with their products. Now that it looks like Oracle is losing, there's a chance that Java based stuff will survive long term, however the groups that sprung up with alternatives will not be killed for a long time. They now have a chance to kill Java in Google or at least take its crown as the leader. Perfect example of the killing the goose that could be laying you golden eggs. Oracle could easily have sat there and profited from their ownership of java by merging the Android and JVM environments. Instead they will likely damage even their corporate ecosystem.
Is Google slowly dropping Java? (Score:2)
Re:Is Google slowly dropping Java? (Score:2, Interesting)
Since much of this already exists in Chromium, does that mean that Google is pushing for JavaScript / Progressive Web Apps? You could have lighter installs of application or just links to web apps run. It almost sounds like they're going the Firefox OS route.
Google has been threatened with serious problems by Oracle with Java. Google was effectively forced to build an alternative with zero Oracle input in it so that, if they had lost the suits, they had a place to go with their products. Now that it looks like Oracle is losing, there's a chance that Java based stuff will survive long term, however the groups that sprung up with alternatives will not be killed for a long time. They now have a chance to kill Java in Google or at least take its crown as the leader. Perfect example of the killing the goose that could be laying you golden eggs. Oracle could easily have sat there and profited from their ownership of java by merging the Android and JVM environments. Instead they will likely damage even their corporate ecosystem.