The cynical part of me (and others I've talked to) seems to indicate that Java is a threat to the Objective-C approach Apple wants everyone to take. The more people can write portable stuff on a Mac, the less tied to a Mac they'll be. To the extent this is true, I don't see one whit of attitudinal difference between Apple's approach to Java and Microsoft's all those years ago.
Why Sun has ceded the writing of Java for the Mac platform *to* Apple is still a mystery to me, and probably always will be. Since Sun has historically given Java short shrift on Linux, *new* Java releases still have tended to be a single platform affair. On Thu, Jan 22, 2009 at 3:57 PM, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > I could be wrong, but I think most of us, as technical people, would > totally understand if there are technical challenges involved in > getting the latest JDK releases and updates ported to OSX. > > What makes the current situation hard to take for Mac using Java > programmers is the lack of communication from Apple on the subject. > > I wonder why Apple doesn't just have a Java dev team blog or similar? > > > > -- Michael Kimsal http://michaelkimsal.com 919.827.4724 - Skype 919.455.8488 - Cell --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
