Just because you own a Mac, doesn't mean that you don't care about Java. In all the companies that I've worked for, not a single one ever was on the latest, greatest small update of Java. In fact, the company that I work for just started switching to Java 1.5. All but one of the 3rd party vendor software that the company uses is still on 1.4! One of the products do not have short or mid-term plans of upgrading to 1.5 or 1.6.
On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 3:22 AM, Peter Becker <[email protected]>wrote: > > Joey Gibson wrote: > > On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Peter Becker <peter.becker.de > > <http://peter.becker.de>@gmail.com <http://gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > > > How many people really care about having the latest Java? How many of > > those still use Macs? Whatever is left is the market you miss out on, > > and that just doesn't seem much to me. > > > > > > I have a Mac Pro and I really wish Apple would keep up with Sun's > > releases. The 6u13 ADC release is a good sign, but I'm not convinced > > yet that Apple is really (still) committed to Java. How many people > > were at JavaOne in 2000 (2001?) when Steve Jobs was McNealy's surprise > > keynote guest and said that Apple was going to make the Mac the > > premiere platform for Java development? I was there, and they followed > > through on that promise, for a while. It's been pretty sad the last > > two years or so. But again, the latest release is encouraging. > > > So you are in the second group: people who care about Java but still use > Macs. Whatever it is that makes you stay with Apple, it is probably > better for them to invest in that than a more up-to-date Java. After all > you don't care enough about Java to make you abandon their products. In > the end it is all a question of what's the bottom line. > > Peter > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
