I'd take it further still. Apple will lose money from Java developers. But they'll also lose money from anyone who believes they may want/need to work on *any* JVM-based language in the future. and from anyone using a Java-based IDE for languages that have absolutely nothing to do with the JVM.
On 21 October 2010 11:36, robross <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Oct 21, 3:06 am, Chris Adamson <[email protected]> wrote: > > A few historical notes: > > > > * This sort of reverts to the state the Mac was in around '97 or '98, > > when there were many competing VMs for the Mac (developer-oriented VMs > > from Metrowerks and Roaster, user-oriented VMs from Microsoft and > > Netscape, etc.). At the time, Apple licensed Java from Sun and said > > it would be better for users to have a single, system-standard JVM. > > Obviously, times have changed. > > Don't forget that in 97/98, the dot-com reality distortion field was > in full swing. Your sole goal as a company consisted of spending as > much money as possible acquiring market share, and figuring out how to > make money came "later." > > I don't see that same dynamic helping in the current situation. At > least Apple could make some money off their JVM investment by selling > hardware to Java developers. What is a 3rd party's financial incentive > for providing a Mac JVM, when end-users are conditioned to think that > downloading these types of "add ons" (Flash/Java, etc) are Free as in > beer. > > > > > > * At least once, I've wondered aloud about whether Java on the Mac is > > more important to Apple or Sun (now Oracle, of course). Would a lack > > of Java hurt Mac sales, or hurt Java's cross-platform legitimacy? > > Maybe now we're going to find out. > > Indeed. I suspect Apple will lose a little money on hardware sales > that would have previously gone to Java developers. But then again, > they're making so much money right now they probably won't even > notice. > > 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]<javaposse%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. > > -- 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.
