hardware makers? SAP is the largest software company in europe (if not
the largest) and sega one of the largest video game companies in the
world. IBM, just in case you forgot, is both a hardware and software
company, while RIM does make its own software (in fact, RIM turned its
Blackberry into a pure Java machine and recoded its built-in
applications in Java).
i suggest you learn more before making general statements like you have.
(although again, i see your points with regards to compatibility
problems in MIDP 1 - but things can only get better as these problems
are addressed in later versions)....
one initial stop might be at the Lurker's Guide to J2ME:
http://www.blueboard.com/j2me/
here's an example of the above:
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SAP, Sharp to build J2ME applications that deliver real-time data across
corporate networks
(Internet News 2003-7-7)
Enterprise software company SAP AG and Japanese electronics giant Sharp
have teamed up in order to build applications that deliver real-time
data across corporate networks to smaller mobile devices.
The applications will be designed using open source operating system
Linux and Java-based programming protocols, in an expansion of the
companies' support for non-Windows-based software and vendors.
The deal marks yet another company embracing open-source operating
systems in the development of enterprise-focused applications. Mobile
phone and electronics giant Motorola recently threw its weight behind
Linux-based mobile device and software development.
The support of major companies like SAP, Sharp and Motorola gives the
Linux-based mobile operating system a boost at a time when it is
increasingly seen as a threat to Microsoft's proprietary Windows CE
mobile device operating system, as well as alternatives offered by
VxWorks and Palm