"Java, Sun SPOT and the FIRST Robotics Competition"

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20-04-2009, 11:21

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Re: "Java, Sun SPOT and the FIRST Robotics Competition"

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Originally Posted by Boydean

What I want to know, is whether this is going to open the door a little be more for other platforms to program on.(aka mac os, linux, ??solaris??).

Sun was demoing the new tools on all 3 of those platforms at the Championship, so it appears the answer is Yes.
{edit} Sorry, I meant these 3 platforms: Windows, OS X, and Linux. I assume they figured that very few robot people would be interested in using it on Solaris, but I'm sure they could make that work too. {/edit}

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