On Thu, Oct 28, 2010 at 3:01 AM, Reinier Zwitserloot <[email protected]>wrote:

> You're misrepresenting what apple is doing (or misunderstanding).
> Apple isn't trying to bash java
>

Steve Jobs in 
2007<http://pogue.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/01/13/ultimate-iphone-faqs-list-part-2/>
:

“Java’s not worth building in. Nobody uses Java anymore. It’s this big
heavyweight ball and chain.”

Your other points still hold, though. Apple thinks that Java sucks *and*
that it threatens their business model, hence the current decision to stop
providing it. The decision makes business sense.

-- 
Cédric

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