Carl, your empirical evidence may back up something I've wondered about for years: whether Apple's commitment to Java can be entirely explained and justified in terms of how many Mac Books they sell to Java developers.
In other words, Apple has zero interest in client-side Java (after all... who, other than Java developers, would refuse to buy a Mac only because its JVM wasn't up to speed?), and has zero interest in mobile Java (which competes with iOS), and is a very minor player in servers, where Java rules. But with millions and millions of Java developers out there, maybe they can justify licensing the JVM and porting it to OS X entirely in terms of making these hardware sales to Java developers that wouldn't otherwise happen. Just a hypothesis, but consistent with facts as I perceive them and the principle of rational self-interest. Counter-hypothesis: a colleague once claimed that Apple's interest in Java actually involved needing ME support for Blu-Ray, but Apple has been quite dismissive of Blu-Ray (despite being on the Board of Directors of the Blu-Ray Disc Association), and ME's always been a non- starter on Mac. --Chris On Jun 9, 1:02 am, carl <[email protected]> wrote: > Anecdotal story from where I work: Nearly (99+%) of our servers are > Java on Linux. Most of our developers walk around with MacBook Pros. > (The suites mostly carry ThinkPads :) Some developers also have a > desktop box running Linux or Windows, depending on their preference > and which tools they need. So in the end, most of the Java coding is > happening with Eclipse or IntelliJ on Mac, with Linux and Windows in > close second. -- 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.
