Oracle have to actively consider picking up the baton. If they regard Java on the desktop as having any long term future, it has to be available on the Mac - given the market share trend to date it is a platform that can't be ignored (and remember that market share in the USA - Oracle's home territory - is much higher than elsewhere).
On Oct 21, 9:46 am, Fabrizio Giudici <[email protected]> wrote: > ... in any case, I do hope Oracle says something official soon: "We're > going to / we're not going to" provide an official version of Java 7 for > Mac OS X". As somebody pointed out in an Apple mailing list, the release > notes describe some improvements in the way Mac OS X supports Java > implementations "by third parties". I don't know how much Oracle would > gain from that (even though I suppose they have at least a tiny fraction > of customers running Mac OS X), but it would be a really good move for > the relationship with the community. > > -- > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager > Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." > java.net/blog/fabriziogiudici -www.tidalwave.it/people > [email protected] -- 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.
