It kind of sounds like Java in general will no longer be supported... "As of the release of Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 3, the version of Java that is ported by Apple, and that ships with Mac OS X, is deprecated."
It isn't terribly surprising, to be honest. With the "Back to Mac" event today, it became crystal clear that Apple's vision for computers (desktop/laptop) is to make it as much like iOS as they can get away with. This gives them more control which allows them to create a better experience for (some percentage of) users and (perhaps more importantly) make more money, since they now will be able to get a cut of money spent on applications. Java doesn't really fit anywhere in that, and it doesn't seem to make much business sense for them to continue spending resources to maintain it. This makes me wonder a few things... 1) People are already joking about this, but I wonder what the chances of 'jailbreaking' your new iMac or MacBook Pro becoming a common thing are in the next 5 years or so? I'm starting to wonder... 2) I'm kind of with Casper on this - how does Apple continually get free passes for stuff like this? I'm not really a huge Microsoft fan, but if they were to try something like this, people would be going crazy. I don't think the Mac AppStore is a bad idea, but the level of control one company could have over your computing experience is a little scary. - Spencer On Oct 21, 1:53 am, Kirk <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > athttp://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.
