one other thought..... in the past there have been many threads complaining about how it takes so long for apple to get up-to-date with the latest JDK. And many (including myself) have advocated that Sun (Oracle) take over OS X support. Now it will happen.
Apple knows Oracle will take it over, so they probably just thought "why do the work when they can get someone else will do it for us for free"? Don't forget, most of Apple's internal systems are written in Java (like the online store + a bunch of enterprise software they buy). So they can't live without java.... On Oct 21, 8:06 am, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> wrote: > Mac OS has 10% of the total PC market in the US. 20% of the consumer > market. > > So let me state the obvious: if Apple is really abandoning Java, > Oracle will take it over. > > On Oct 21, 12:05 am, robross <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Just in time for the Mac app store announcement? Timing is really > > suspicious, and the App store does not support deprecated > > technologies, like Java! > > > Mac App Store Review Guidelines > > > "Apps must contain all language support in a single app bundle (single > > binary multiple language). Apps that spawn processes that continue to > > run after a user has quit the app without user consent will be > > rejected. Apps that use deprecated or optionally installed > > technologies (e.g., Java, [PowerPC code requiring] Rosetta) will be > > rejected. > > > Crazy! > > > Crazy! > > > Is Oracle going to provide the JDK/JRE for Mac OX now? Is OpenJDK7 > > going to implement AWT/Swing/Java2D on top of Cocoa? > > > Please, someone do something! Don't make me have to use Windows > > machines!! :-() > > > Source: > > >http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#releasenotes/Java/JavaSnowLeo... > > > 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]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
