Paul Krill
Editor at Large

Mobile developer issues to be aired at Sun

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Jan 24, 20081 min

A group of persons interested in the plight of mobile application developers and content providers will gather at Sun Microsystems headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif. Friday morning to discuss how to get concerns addressed.

The idea is to gather feedback on issues faced by developers in dealing with telecommunications carriers and others in getting their products up and running on different handhelds.

“The bottom line is it’s hard to create content, to deploy it, to monetize it,” said Terrence Barr, Sun technical evangelist for the mobile and embedded developer community, at the Java Mobile & Embedded Developer Days Conference on Thursday in Santa Clara.

Barr also broached the subject of the formation of a mobile developer alliance on Wednesday at the conference. Attendees of the conference can attend Friday’s meeting as well.

Friday’s event will be a grassroots session on how to proceed with addressing the different players to get them to move on developer concerns.

“Unfortunately, the mobile developer has no lobby,” and the playing field is tilted toward the original equipment manufacturers and telecommunications carriers, Barr said.

Paul Krill

Paul Krill is editor at large at InfoWorld. Paul has been covering computer technology as a news and feature reporter for more than 35 years, including 30 years at InfoWorld. He has specialized in coverage of software development tools and technologies since the 1990s, and he continues to lead InfoWorld’s news coverage of software development platforms including Java and .NET and programming languages including JavaScript, TypeScript, PHP, Python, Ruby, Rust, and Go. Long trusted as a reporter who prioritizes accuracy, integrity, and the best interests of readers, Paul is sought out by technology companies and industry organizations who want to reach InfoWorld’s audience of software developers and other information technology professionals. Paul has won a “Best Technology News Coverage” award from IDG.

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