On the other hand, apple just released a brand new OS X. Back when microsoft hadn't released a new windows for about a *decade*, people STILL weren't calling windows abandonware, but apple gives it some slack for about 10 months year and this happens. Nuts.
Don't get me wrong, I'm skeeved as heck that Mac OS X seems to be losing momentum. Android is a fantastic alternative for an iPhone. Windows, linux? Nope, sorry. There's no alternative for os x. As usual trying to inject some sanity into overly dramatic discussions. On Jun 8, 9:46 am, Fabrizio Giudici <[email protected]> wrote: > -----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.
