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Samsung to Put $500,000 into Linux Foundation ? | 43 comments | Create New Account
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Samsung to Put $500,000 into Linux Foundation ?
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, June 06 2012 @ 02:42 AM EDT
Is this another way for MS to submarine Linux - and Apple? A variation on the MS payment to Asud?
Samsung is ramping up its plans to best Apple's iOS.

The South Korean company will soon announce that it joined the Linux Foundation at the highest level, Platinum. This gives Samsung a seat on the Linux Foundation's board.

Julie Bort, Business Insider

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Confirmed - Samsung Electronics Joins Linux Foundation at Platinum Level
Authored by: Anonymous on Wednesday, June 06 2012 @ 03:08 AM EDT
http://www.linuxfoundation.org/news-media/announcements/2012/06/samsung-electron ics-joins-linux-foundation-platinum-level

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Kotlin M2 now runs on Android too
Authored by: tiger99 on Wednesday, June 06 2012 @ 08:26 AM EDT
What, you may ask, is Kotlin? Well:
Kotlin, one of the newer alternatives to Java that runs on the Java Virtual Machine, has reached its second milestone and can now run on Android. The open source language is being developed by JetBrains, developers of the IntelliJ IDEA IDE. Kotlin offers the ability not only to compile to Java byte code but also to JavaScript. Announced in July 2011 and open sourced in February, Kotlin is working past a set of milestone targets to become a production ready language.
I will not quote more in case I exceed the fair use provisions of copyright law, but you can read the article here.

Interestingly, it seems to compile to Java bytecode on JVM, but the completely unrelated Javascript on Android, not Dalvik. I am surprised, as the functionality of Javascript is not all that great compared to Java.

I hope that Larry, and Bungle, Schyster and Fraud, are not going to be making a fuss about this, as it must be using some of the Java APIs. Of course, they are not copyrightable unless Oracle win the appeal, but the people behind Kotlin, just skilled programmers, not megacorporations, are a very soft target compared to the mighty Google.

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