I can definitely see your point Peter. I'm still on the fence as to whether or not it would be a good business strategy for Apple. I would like to think that it would, but I think to gain a lot more market share, they should focus on other things first. Being a recent convert to the MacBook Pro laptop, I have quite enjoyed programming and playing with Java on the Mac.
On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 3:14 PM, Peter Becker <[email protected]>wrote: > > 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
