Java scores big in China

The Register is reporting a very large Chinese cellphone (90m subscribers) contract with Sun using Java.

I’m not trying to be Chicken Little, but this does lend weight to my concern that there is a technology shift occurring towards open standards in developing markets that may lead to U.S. technology stagnation or bypass for home grown products.

The Register is reporting a very large Chinese cellphone (90m subscribers) contract with Sun using Java.

I’m not trying to be Chicken Little, but this does lend weight to my concern that there is a technology shift occurring towards open standards in developing markets that may lead to U.S. technology stagnation or bypass for home grown products.

Now of course, this is a Sun achievement, so this is a major win for U.S. tech, and we should see it for what it is. However it does point to the need for U.S. technology to be adopting open standards in order to not be left behind.