I love the Apple hardware and their GUI, but the (lack of) Java support is really starting to wind me up.
I'm wondering if Oracle couldn't side-step the the whole issue, not bother with releasing an OSX JVM, and push resources into improving the OSX feature set + performance for VirtualBox instead. Perhaps I should be buying shares in Parallels Holdings Ltd. about now. On 21 October 2010 10:00, Fabrizio Giudici <[email protected]>wrote: > On 10/21/10 10:44 , Kevin Wright wrote: > >> If nothing else, this might push efforts to improve Linux drivers for the >> trackpad, magic mouse, etc. >> >> Personally, I think I'll be abandoning Macbooks now, just can decide what >> to use as a replacement >> The HP Envy's seem to have the screen quality and sold-metal body that >> I've grown to love, but I've read about problems installing Ubuntu on then. >> >> What's a developer to do? >> >> For sure there are valid alternatives for hardware, and possibly cheaper. > I'm not thinking of me as a developer; after all I feel much more efficient > with Linux that Mac OS X. I'm trying to understand what's the future of > deploying Java applications to Mac OS X. Curiously, if I switch to a primary > Linux environment (which doesnt' cost anything to me, in addition to virtual > boxes I already have also native partitions), I'll lose ZFS (OpenSolaris > went away, and currently the only option is the open ZFS port to Mac OS X). > > > -- > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager > Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." > java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici - www.tidalwave.it/people > [email protected] > > -- Kevin Wright mail / gtalk / msn : [email protected] pulse / 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]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
