> Given that we'll now lose our only platform that's suited to both iOS and > Java development, I suspect that a great many programmers will choose to > abandon iPhone/iPad projects (if they haven't already).
I doubt it. Programmers go where the customers and the money go. You only have to look at the Tiobe Index to see the rise in Objective-C (and the long term steady decline in Java). Microsoft have already shown that they can get by without Java (in fact they've found that they're actually better off without it). They've also already released dev tool for use with Visual Studio. Linux has never been relaxed about sleeping with Java; and just when it has just about accepted the situation, up pops Oracle and asks for the ball back. (Er, possible mixed metaphors there.) It seems that the future of Java (and other JVM based languages) has never been more interesting. V. -- 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.
