Let us not forget the plugins and extra features for user support on JDK..:)..
On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 9:17 PM, Kevin Wright <[email protected]>wrote: > They could always sell an extended SDK that supports cross-compilation from > Java to iOS :) > > > On 8 June 2010 15:45, Rakesh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> so the million dollar question is: >> >> How does Apple make money from Java? Does committing people to develop >> the JDK give any financial payback? >> >> Rakesh >> >> On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 3:39 PM, Casper Bang <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Good point. BTW, I agree with Chris' points and I understand that >> >> narrow-focusing is a key to make money. After all, one of the Sun big >> >> mistakes might have been to focus on too many things (same for me, >> >> actually). >> > >> > I also agree with that point, but I don't think the equation is as >> > simple as that. If it were, what went wrong some 12+ years ago when >> > the Mac platform lost to Windows? Mac was just as focused back then; >> > growing their own ecosystem (own hardware, own software...) unlike >> > Microsoft who embraced diversity (as in bamboo PC's over IBM). I see a >> > parallel here to iPhone vs. Android, the latter also embraces >> > diversity. >> > >> > -- >> > 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]<javaposse%[email protected]> >> . >> > For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >> > >> > >> >> -- >> 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]<javaposse%[email protected]> >> . >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. >> >> > > > -- > Kevin Wright > > mail/google talk: [email protected] > wave: [email protected] > skype: kev.lee.wright > twitter: @thecoda > > -- > 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]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > -- 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.
