-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 6/8/10 03:53 , Casper Bang wrote: > On Jun 8, 2:13 am, Michael Neale <[email protected]> wrote: >> I remember back to the old "no java 6 for OS-X ZOMG !" days >> fondly. But it seems OS-X isn't being neglected by apple for java >> so much as just in general. Given that it is an important >> developer platform - what are peoples thoughts on what is next? >> (it seems clear, at least at this stage, apple are losing >> interest - iOS is the future and development ON iOS (not for iOS) >> is a non starter). >
The fact that Mac OS X is less and less under the focus of WWDC is a well known trend arosen since when the iPhone came up. A good number of long-time Apple afficionados, fond of the traditional computing, have started complaining about that since a long time in the Apple communities. Other afficionados, those still under the reality distortion field, have started posting some sci-fi scenarios, with Apple switching yet another time all its products (mainstream computing included) from Mac OS X / Intel to the-new-OS (now called iOS 4) / A4, a microprocessor that they believe is an original design (I mean the instruction set) by Apple. They see the A4 evolving and kicking in the ass Intel for performance in a few years, since they don't know that the RISC / CISC distinction is fundamentally different than ten years ago, since when Intel got a RISC core. Clearly they haven't yet elaborated the shock of the Intel switch, that they still consider part of the "evil" (after all Jobs said so, a few years ago) and have fantasies about a "return to magnificent isolation" like at the PPC era. Back to reality, I agree that the focus of engineering and marketing by Apple is now on A4 + iOS and this makes sense because of the marketing scenario forecasts in the mid term. But to me it's quite clear that A4 + iOS won't be ever competitive in terms of computing power to Intel + Mac OS X (or whatever other OS), and there will be always a good segment share of people needing a traditional computer (such as engineers, for instance, or professional graphic / media designers) that Apple won't let in the hands of Windows or Linux. Not to speak of servers. So, I think that the relevant question is whether this segment will be still in the hands of Apple in a few years, or if they dismiss and sell it to some subsidiary. I opt for the former option, especially if Android beats iOS. - -- Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici - www.tidalwave.it/people [email protected] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0.14 (Darwin) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAkwN9TwACgkQeDweFqgUGxd24ACeOS3Gr+iXuSpQwfky3u57fT21 HpsAoID7uxLB2HUVLqMyvyqAyehu0Wz/ =VGW7 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- 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.
