I'm not saying that people who use Macs don't care about Java. I'm saying that Apple doesn't need to do much for Java to keep them.
The post I originally replied to made the assumption that having a more up-to-date Java would be a good business strategy for Apple. Peter Ryan Waterer wrote: > 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 <peter.becker.de > <http://peter.becker.de>@gmail.com <http://gmail.com>> wrote: > > > Joey Gibson wrote: > > On Sat, May 30, 2009 at 7:30 PM, Peter Becker <peter.becker.de > <http://peter.becker.de> > > <http://peter.becker.de>@gmail.com <http://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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
