Coty's Tumblr

Listen kids, this has all happened before and it will happen again. 

Indeed, desktop VMs got faster and faster, but unless you’re quite the outlier, your probably aren’t running that many Java desktop apps.

But Android’s eventual fate will have little to do with how fast the VM is or how long method dispatches take on the iPhone. Instead, it’ll have to do with harder things like user experience, service plans, interoperability, and excellent applications. 

…

But what do I know? I’m just a photographer these days.

Seriously self-effacing, but as the creator of Tomcat and ant, Duncan does know enough about Java to comment intelligently.