I'm not sure that I understand the text. Is Apple no longer going to ship Java or, is it just a particular version of Java. For example, I have the 1.4.2, 1.5.0 and 1.6.0. If they were dropping 1.4.2 and 1.5.0 it's like.. who cares! If it's Java all together than I'm no longer interested in Apple hardware and I'll vote with my wallet.
Kirk On Oct 21, 2010, at 9:36 AM, robross wrote: > On Oct 21, 12:13 am, Jan Goyvaerts™ <[email protected]> wrote: >> I won't be surprised if Oracle steps in to produce a JVM for all platforms. >> That's more or less what Apple is forcing them to do ? > > I do hope you are right. But I don't see what the financial advantage > is for Oracle to pay for a new JDK port. How do they make more money > by having a JDK on Apple machines? What is the mysterious Step #2 in > this story? > > 1. Oracle funds a Mac OS port > 2. ?? > 3. Profit > >> >> And in the meantime, everybody still has JDK6. It's not until JDK7 ships >> that there will be a gap. Son there's some room for patience. :-) > > Well, according to the deprecation notice, the next Mac OS version , > 10.7 Lion, could ship without Java. And that's targeted to ship summer > of 2011, around the same time as JDK7. Even if Oracle commits to a > port, I doubt they have the resources (people-wise) to deliver a Mac > version in this timeframe. > > Rob > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
