[Tinyos-help] A Note from Sentilla

[Peizhao Hu]

HI Joe,

Sorry to say that, but the recent changes of MoteIV.com is way too 
quick. Giving our (old Tmote family customers) with nothing (all 
supporting martial). Could you migrate all supporting information for 
old Tmote products to TinyOS.net or other open source site?

Also, what are the differences between Tmote (JavaVM or JavaME) and 
SunSPOT (JavaVM)?



regards;

Peizhao


Joe Polastre wrote:
> There has been some confusion surrounding our change to Sentilla on
> the TinyOS mailing lists.  Let me clarify a few items so that we are
> all on the same page.
> 
> We at Sentilla (formerly Moteiv) are extremely excited about the use
> of Java technology in our products.  We fully support the academic and
> research communities, and we expect that there will be a tremendous
> amount of innovation in applications and services that come directly
> from this community and are built with Java technology.
> 
> Why Java?  There's a lot of reasons.  Most students are now learning
> Java at their universities rather than C or C++.  There's also over 6
> million Java developers out there today, who can now use, develop,
> deploy, and manage small computers that we refer to as "motes".
> Opening pervasive technology to the masses, including classrooms and
> research labs where Java software has already been adopted, is
> tremendously exciting.  We hope that all of you will continue with the
> great work that you're doing and will consider Sentilla as a great
> alternative to the embedded, low-level systems of the past.
> 
> About our hardware products:  Please note that Sentilla is not going
> to completely stop making motes, and we are not exiting the market --
> rather we are providing an alternative based on open standards and
> familiar interfaces.  We're moving the market for pervasive computing
> forward by making the software easy and familiar.  As of February 1,
> 2008, all of our new motes will now come with Sentilla Point -- our
> Java runtime, application frameworks, networking, and APIs --
> pre-loaded.    As such, we're excited that everyone in this community
> will have the ability to use Java software to build applications. If
> you'd like to get a "bare" mote with only TinyOS support, those are
> still available too until January 31, 2008. All of Sentilla's new
> products that are coming in 2008 are backwards compatible with Tmote
> Sky and Tmote Mini, so you can remove Sentilla Point and load TinyOS
> if you choose.
> 
> With a full software platform for development, deployment,
> integration, and management, our customers -- both academic and
> commercial -- now have the necessary infrastructure to quickly build
> intelligence into embedded systems.  No longer do you need to install
> cygwin, configure gcc packages, learn a new language, or hack embedded
> code.  You can now use all the tools you know and love to write Java
> applications -- including Eclipse and soon NetBeans.
> 
> As for details on the technical capabilities provided by our software
> platform, I'll be writing up a blog post later in the week at
> http://blog.sentilla.com that addresses a number of the questions
> raised this list.
> 
> If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact us here at
> Sentilla.  Our transformation to a software business and a Java
> product is an overall win, and we're committed to working with our
> loyal customers so that their business, research, and work are not
> interrupted.
> 
> Best,
> -Joe
> 
> Joe Polastre // co-founder and CTO // joe at sentilla.com
> Sentilla Corporation // 201 Marshall St // Redwood City, CA 94063
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