> I'm usually an optimist, but I don't see any upside for Oracle in > doing this. Unlike Apple, Oracle won't make any money if people buy > Macs because Oracle provides a free Java JDK. On the other hand, if > Java were really to die on Mac OS, developers and companies do not > stop developing in Java, they stop using Apple hardware. So no > negative effect on Oracle, and they've saved themselves the cost of > creating a Mac OS Java port. I'm not sure at all about what Oracle will do. But I see that Oracle does support its products on Mac OS X (JDeveloper, NetBeans, Glassfish, just to mention some). This means that they have at least a minimum business about Mac OS X. Furthermore, they are exercising their stewardship in a very strong fashion, and dropping Mac OS X support Java would lose the full portability property. I say that there's no sure thing, but there are some rational reasons for Oracle to support Mac OS X. -- Fabrizio Giudici, Ph.D. - Java Architect, Project Manager Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." weblogs.java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici - www.tidalwave.it/blog [email protected] - mobile: +39 348.150.6941
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