JFX on Chrome OS?

[Richard Bair]

I should clarify -- if we can run a VM we have a chance of success. There is very little likelihood we'd do an official port in the near future though (I would put Metro at a higher priority personally) although we would certainly host a port on OpenJFX.

Richard

On Jan 7, 2013, at 2:01 PM, Richard Bair <richard.bair at oracle.com> wrote:

> Ya that's what I was wondering, whether they support NaCL on this or not. If there is a JVM, then even if the only "windowing" APIs we have are DOM, then I think there is a chance of success. If we can't even run the JVM, then I think we aren't going to be suitable for the device.
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> Richard
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> On Jan 7, 2013, at 1:52 PM, Daniel Zwolenski <zonski at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Information on this seems light on but it would seem logical for them to align this with their Native Client work (if they haven't already done so). Could a JVM be ported to this (could also mean some web deployment options for chrome users, which is interesting)? 
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>>  https://developers.google.com/native-client/overview
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>>  http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7850886/google-chrome-os-and-nativeclient-code
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>>  https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/native-client-discuss/mPk7GpYQ1No
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>> On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 8:41 AM, Richard Bair <richard.bair at oracle.com> wrote:
>> The real question is, can it run a JVM? Is there a way to run native code on it?
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>> Richard
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>> On Jan 2, 2013, at 7:59 PM, Daniel Zwolenski <zonski at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Similar to Pedro's query about JFX running on Windows 8 and Windows RT
>>> ("Metro Apps"). I'd be interested to know if it's possible to run JFX on
>>> Chrome OS, and if not whether there's plans to support this platform?
>>> 
>>> http://hothardware.com/News/Samsung-Chromebook-Now-Top-Selling-Laptop-on-Amazon/
>>> http://hothardware.com/Reviews/Samsung-Series-5-Chromebook-Review/
>>> 
>>> I realise it's a 'web' OS but it is also a business platform that you can
>>> see getting a fair bit of traction, so I'm curious as to whether this would
>>> be in or out in terms of Oracle's notion of "desktop".
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Dan
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