These are the final results of the Public Review Ballot for JSR #248. The Executive Committee for ME has approved this ballot.

JSR248

StagePublic Review Ballot

Ballot durationOct 18, 2005 to Oct 24, 2005

Votes

ME

Ericsson AB

IBM

Intel Corp.

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Motorola

Nokia Corporation

NTT DoCoMo, Inc.

Orange France SA

Philips Electronics UK Ltd

Research In Motion, LTD (RIM)

Samsung Electronics Corporation

Siemens AG

Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB

Sun Microsystems, Inc.

Symbian Ltd

Vodafone Group Services Limited

Vote Log

ME

On 2005-10-20 Vodafone Group Services Limited voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2005-10-20 Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2005-10-23 Sun Microsystems, Inc. voted Yes with the following comment:
Sun is encouraged with the progress made by
the JSR-248 expert group and the contribution
this specification will make to the wireless
industry.  However, Sun believes that the
smaller version of the JSR-248 specification
(fewer component JSRs) contemplated by the EG
is also necessary to facilitate a smoother
transition from JSR-185 (JTWI) and meet the
requirements of mass market devices.
Additionally, Sun believes the policy that the
current draft recommends for referencing the
version number of the component JSRs should
be modified to provide a more predictable
platform for application developers and
help minimize fragmentation.

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On 2005-10-23 Orange France SA voted Yes with the following comment:
The Mobile Security Architecture expert group has done an outstanding job. MSA EG has collected, organized, addressed and dispatched an incredible amount of clarifications for many important packages. This work is likely to have a dramatical impact over the Java ME ecosystem. Nevertheless, Orange believes too few vendors will be able to bring the full JSR 248 technology to the market within an acceptable timeframe. This issue should be addressed in final release in order to bring MSA's benefit to the largest number as fast as possible.
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On 2005-10-23 Research In Motion, LTD (RIM) voted Yes with the following comment:
Research In Motion welcomes the community-wide effort to define a common Java application platform in mobile environment that meets different segments of the mobile industry.  The platform needs to balance the needs of different regions, type of in-market handsets as well as application types (e.g. Games/Entertainment, Enterprise) and believe that a single collection of JSRs is hard pressed to meet all the needs. The current platform is most appropriate for highly capable multimedia handsets / applications but too large for a majority of handsets thereby not addressing a large industry segment. We therefore request SLs to consider creating at least one subset of the overall set of JSRs so that it can serve as a minimum subset that meets most of the industry needs. This is in addition to the current specification and we believe this is feasible in the same timeframe as set for JSR 248.
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On 2005-10-24 IBM voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2005-10-24 Nokia Corporation voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2005-10-24 Siemens AG voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2005-10-24 NTT DoCoMo, Inc. voted Abstain with the following comment:
NTT DoCoMo fully supports the targeted goal and objectives of this JSR. In this context, we also value many of the feedbacks from the community. Regarding the recent situation, it seems that the current "full" specification is not completely satisfying the majority of market, especially in terms of its balance of functionality and size/cost; as we had pointed out at the very beginning of the activity. We strongly encourage the EG to reconsider these issues, but also fully appreciate the SLs' great effort to move this forward to be on time. Our abstain vote is based on this background, and hoping every related party to take chance to carefully review the specification regarding this perspective.

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On 2005-10-24 Philips Electronics UK Ltd voted Abstain with the following comment:
With the advertised price of TCKs being $50K per JSR, we wonder if the TCKs needed for MSA will actually be affordable for smaller manufacturers.
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On 2005-10-24 Intel Corp. voted Yes with no comment.
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On 2005-10-24 Samsung Electronics Corporation voted Abstain with no comment.
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On 2005-10-24 Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd. voted Abstain with no comment.
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On 2005-10-24 Motorola voted Yes with no comment.
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