I wonder what the stats would look like if you throw in yet another variable: Java programmer footprint. I can't help thinking that the Java programmers that about 80% of the Java programmers that make a difference are on Mac. And they probably use IntelliJ. I know of only one that used NetBeans, but recently started using Eclipse.
And really, the only thing companies should be worried about when getting hardware for there developers is: what's the hardware these developers want? Getting slightly lower prized hardware, causing your best developers to walk away is just irrational. I am just saying: for software development companies, there *is* a business reason: allowing your people with the tools they like will buy you a kind of commitment that is priceless. To be honest, I'd be perfectly happy if Apple would give up on Java on their platform *if they would be in heavy weather, and be forced to reduce costs*. But in reality, they seem to be doing pretty well, and I think it's crazy to think that it this kind of cost reduction will have an impact on their margins. However, forcing people to decide between Objective-C and Java could have an impact in the long run. It looks like the good ol' game of chicken, if you ask me. On Nov 7, 8:03 pm, Sean Comerford <[email protected]> wrote: > Mac's are overpriced. Comapnies buying computers for a bunch of employees > don't buy Mac's unless there is a specific business reason (i.e. they need > some mac only software). > > <10% of Java devs on Mac's sounds right to me. > > So I don't blame Apple for deprecating Java. Especially since it > > > > On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Casper Bang <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Do you have mind-reading capabilities? :-) It's precisely one of the > > > things that I'm experimenting with. > > > Heh well it seems like an obvious "next step" in virtualization, and > > what developer couldn't use the ability to fire up an arbitrary mix of > > versioned OS images? :) > > > > BTW, at this point, it would be nice to know if anybody else has tried > > > the same, or knows something like that. > > > I have only investigated it partly. Dual-booting Ubuntu + Windows, > > telling VirtualBox to use the native Windows partition as image within > > Ubuntu (only works with post-XP, since you require multiple hardware > > profiles). However I don't like the fact that you have to designate a > > master/host, although I suppose a very simple bootstrapping Linux > > image could be used solely to launch a *real* desktop OS (Linux/OSX/ > > Windows) - is that what you are attempting? > > > My experiences are that graphics can be a bitch, but speed feels as > > good as native when running from off an SSD. As you already mentioned > > accessing a universal filesystem is a tricky quest for the lowest > > common denominator. Though I had good success with the EXT2 IFS driver > > for Windows running up against an ext3 data partition, except one has > > to live with non-journaling. > > > In any event, looking forward to reading your blog post. > > > -- > > 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]<javaposse%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups > > .com> > > . > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en. -- 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.
