JFX on Chrome OS?

[Daniel Zwolenski]

Do you guys have contacts at Google that you can hit up for information (or
more) on this? Maybe they'd like the idea of Java on their Chrome OS and
could be encouraged to support a community effort to build this.


On Tue, Jan 8, 2013 at 9:03 AM, Richard Bair <richard.bair at oracle.com>wrote:

> 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.
> >
> > Richard
> >
> > On Jan 7, 2013, at 1:52 PM, Daniel Zwolenski <zonski at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> 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)?
> >>
> >>  https://developers.google.com/native-client/overview
> >>
> >>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/7850886/google-chrome-os-and-nativeclient-code
> >>
> >>
> https://groups.google.com/forum/?fromgroups=#!topic/native-client-discuss/mPk7GpYQ1No
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> 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?
> >>
> >> Richard
> >>
> >> On Jan 2, 2013, at 7:59 PM, Daniel Zwolenski <zonski at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> 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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