> Really? I think it shows that Sun hasn't historically been all that > concerned about the Mac. >
Agreed - that too. They've wanted mass consumer markets handed to them, instead of doing mass marketing. AOL managed to get software on everyone's PCs from 1995-2003, through mailers, magazine inserts, bundling dealings, etc. Sun sued MS for *not* including the type of Java they wanted distributed. > > It is still a niche market for clients and a very, very small market for > servers and requires a great deal of platform-specific code to do the right > things GUI-wise. Apple has been extremely slow, but since Java 5 the > results have been decent when they finally arrive. > > Given the incremental benefit vs. incremental cost, it seems like a > no-brainer for Sun to leave this to Apple -- much as they leave AIX to IBM, > for instance (which I'd personally be more excited to see change given the > delays in JVM releases, frequent disparate behavior with respect to Sun > JVMs, lack of JVM source code, etc, one has to deal with currently on AIX). > Again, if Java is key to their future, being more in control of how and when versions shipped would seem to be paramount. Leaving these decisions to competitors (Sun and Apple and IBM all sell hardware, though admittedly to somewhat different markets at the moment) just seems like *really bad business*. This is not me talking as a techie saying "ooh - I want the latest java". It's me thinking "why would you leave your competitors in charge of how and when people get access to your differentiating factor?". > > -- > Jess Holle > > > > > -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
