Sun Microsystems’s CEO announced yesterday its intention (or is it now Oracle’s intention?) to launch an App Store for Java software a la Apple’s iTunes App Store for iPods and iPhones.  Slashdotters responded with typical jokes about how slow Java apps seem to be.  Jokes about molasses aside, is this a good idea?  Will it catch on?  Initial reactions are mixed.

If executed properly, I think a Java App Store may work.  The announcement indicates that Sun engineers will be reviewing all submissions prior to publishing the apps to the world in an effort to minimally evaluate them for “safety and content”, whatever that means.  If the evaluations are not too heavy-handed, this may work.  If the prices aren’t extravagant, Sun may reach a wide audience, indeed.

Brett Edgar

Brett is a Founder and the Director of Managed Security Services at TRUE. He has been working in the system and network forensics field since graduating from the University of Tulsa with a B.S. Computer Science in 2003. He speaks hexadecimal fluently and is TRUE's resident human Ethernet transceiver. He holds CISSP, CSSLP, and CNSS 4011-4015 certificates, loves MLB and NCAA Football, and when he gets tired of hexadecimal, he goes home to hang out with his wife and kid.

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