I also think that given Sun's clearly limited resources 6u10 and a nearer term Java 7 delivery were mutually exclusive options, i.e. Java 7 is where it is in part because Sun spent so much energy making Java 6 Update 10 (and 11 and 12) so much better -- even without bringing JavaFX into the picture.
-- Jess Holle Joshua Marinacci wrote: > Absolutely. In any normal time 6u10 would really be a full new > release of Java. However, that would require even more overhead and > time due to the complexities of putting out a new release with new > API. We specifically designed 6u10 to *not* introduce any new API. > This allowed us to fast track the process and get things like the new > plugin, the download kernel, and better graphics acceleration into > your hands much faster. > > - Josh > > On Jan 5, 2009, at 10:31 AM, [email protected] wrote >> One comment I would like to make is that while we did not get JDK 7 >> last year, we did get java 6 update 10 which involved a lot of work. >> I think one of the reasons they called it 6u10 rather than java 7 was >> to increase vendor pickup (as a new version would need to be reviewed >> by the vendors first) --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
