I must admit I had a feeling that Apple would drop Java as Steve has been posturing about how no-one uses Java for some time now. It is a blow. I am writing this on my first MacBook Pro. As a primarily Java developer it may well be the sad reality that if there is no Java on the Mac that this MacBook could be both my first and my last Mac.
I am annoyed that Apple is being allowed to get away with this. The irony of Apples original Macintosh advert in 1984. Because Apple doesn't think it needs to be like 1984 and yet here we are. Apples developer world is 1984 hell with Big Brother Steve watching over your shoulder "To ensure quality of software". That will be the reason given but not the whole story. What if Apple changes the rules to block Flash and Flex from running on the Mac too? What is wrong with the world! When did write once run anywhere turn into fragment to the max? Perhaps things will go full circle again. Once we are back to having to develop for each O/S individually then maybe it will occur to people why technologies like Java were good in the first place. Whether Oracle produces Java for the Mac is critical to whether I continue using a Mac. No Java = No Mac. I note that Java survived on Windows even after Microsoft pulled it but Windows was more dominant and Sun was less profit centric. This won't be the end of Java but certainly a big annoyance to Java developers. It could be like Flash where Apple says Flash doesn't fit into their vision so the iOS users have to live without it but most others happily go on using it on other platforms which don't take such draconian steps. I will just finish by saying...GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHH! GAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHH! -- 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.
