To be very honest, I really wonder if Apple is interested in improving the use friendliness for Developers. If you consider the three OS in consideration here, we still do not see Apple as a serious contender for Java..
If Java is platform independent and Mac supports Java, then why is the implementation scenario a little tweaked for Mac... Please see this.. http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1145743 True this is an old report, but maybe something to think about...I really dont think Apple is interested in Java and actually they are doing supporting Java just because of the sheer expanse of this language in the development world...If these guys had a choice, you might see them remove Java from their default implementations..I dont see that happening in the near future but they might have thought of that in the past... Regards, JD On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 4:24 PM, Chris Adamson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]<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.
