On Oct 21, 2:58 am, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote: > > What if Apple changes the rules to block Flash and Flex from running > > on the Mac too? > > They are close according to rumors: "Amusingly enough, you know what's > missing from the new MacBook Air models? Adobe Flash Player. While > preloaded on Apple's past hardware, out of the box here it just says > missing plugin, with no click to install option." > > > I note that Java survived on Windows even after Microsoft pulled it > > but Windows was more dominant and Sun was less profit centric. > > Small but not insignificant note, Microsoft funded at lot of this > effort indirectly though the $1.6bn they payed Sun over patent and > antitrust issues. I really wonder whether Oracle will see the > importance of client Java enough to overtake the work on the JRE, > there's no money in it for them catering to measly end-users.
er... Windoze isn't just a client OS. Windows server has a lot of installs - some of whom want to pay for Java support support licenses. Sun was supporting its JVM on Windows before Microsoft was forced to pull theirs by the lawsuit. Sun had business reasons to do so. + David Herron http://davidherron.com -- 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.
