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I have just seen that Tao-group have announced that their Intent JVM is available for the Netpad. Does anyone know if it is going to be made available for the Netbook?
I have had some feedback from Tao regarding a NetBook implementation of their Intent JVM. Unfortunately it does'nt look too promising at the moment but there is a glimmer of hope in the below message
From: Graham Nice [SMTP:nice@tao-group.com]
Sent: 03 December 2002 11:41
To: Hammerton, Adam
Subject: RE: Intent
Hi Adam,
We have concluded our agreement with Psion with respect to the NetPad product and now intent is available as part of the standard deployed product.
Although we have done some evaluation work on the NetBook, there are no solid plans today to make this available either as a runtime directly from Tao or as part of a standard deployed product from Psion.
However if there is significant interest in the NetBook community
then I am sure Psion and Tao would look favourably to seeing
if this could be provided. As is usual such activities are driven by
commercial opportunities and so if you are aware of demands for such a product I would be interested to hear about it and pass onto Psion.
Would you mind if I passed your email (edited if you would like) onto my contacts at Psion as your comments are valuable and add weight to the justification for getting onto the NetBook?
Thanks and regards,
Graham.
Graham Nice
Strategic Marketing Director - Tao Group Ltd.
I take from the above that if we can generate enough interest we may get what looks like a valuable addition to our netBooks, so what are you waiting for, get mailing.
Thanks for your interest; Tao's JVM does currently work on the netBook, but will require an additional 32MB upgrade DIMM module to operate efficiently.
This does not currently come as standard on the netBook but we may offer this solution to our corporate customers should it be required.
So if you have the extra DIMM fitted, the Tao JVM will run and give our Netbooks a much needed Java boost. All we need now is Psion/Tao to release it. So if you haven't already, and even if you have, get mailing and show them that we really want this.
I am aware of your desire to have the TAO JVM running on the netBook, and as Liza says it does work. That unfortunately does not meant that I can immediately release it to the world.
There are certain processes we have to go through prior to this happening. Netpad is different as it comes as part of the OS. This will not happen on netBook due to the memory requirement, therefore, a way of distributing the software under license has to be concluded. This will not be a free 'giveaway' I'm afraid. There will be a cost associated with it.
Please bear with me, I hope to have something ready in January. There are a lot of things going on at present and we have very little time to go until year end!
Harvey,
I second that with an add on - you're a superstar, if for nothing else than keeping us informed.
Looks like I get double presents this year, a nice new JVM after Christmas (hopefully, don't want to count my chickens) and a new netBook (which I've just been told will be here next week) before . What more could I want? (No answers on a postcard please)
Someone please enlighten me: does this all mean we might soon be able to view/hear realaudio and realvideo streams on the netbook?
Isee that the Tao Intent JVM is a J2ME engine and supposedly supports fast multimedia, rendering, etc... but what does this mean to the average punter out there? After installing it what will we be able to do that we couldn't do before? Will Opera run faster (or is the JVM not connected to Opera's built-in JVM?)
An explanation from any of you wise beings would be much appreciated.
What this JVM gives us that we don't already have is support for 'Java 2' (Java 1.2 and upwards). Many Java applications these days rely on features only present in Java 2, thus this will massively increase the amount of applications available to us.
Since the Intent JVM is 'accelerated', it should also improve the performance of existing Java programs and applets on web pages. The cost will be that it needs more available RAM.
Another query: can you give me examples of useful applications that rely on Java 2 that will become useable with Tao Intent JVM? Is there a multimedia player out there for Java? realaudio or MPEG 4 player? What else? Where can these applications be found on the web?
BTW, I presume the Java implementation of Yahoo messenger might work better with the new JVM too... hallelujah!
Originally posted by Davidish can you give me examples of useful applications that rely on Java 2 that will become useable with Tao Intent JVM?
Not off the top of my head - the lack of Java2 support has meant that I've never had to look before now! As a Java programmer, my main interest in this JVM is writing my own programs.
(hopefully, don't want to count my chickens) and a new netBook (which I've just been told will be here next week) before 
. What more could I want? (No answers on a postcard please)
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