Looking carefully at this, there's still a wide-open question about just what they're contributing. To wit:
"Apple will contribute most of the key components, tools and technology required for a Java SE 7 implementation on Mac OS X, including a 32-bit and 64-bit HotSpot-based Java virtual machine, class libraries, a networking stack…" Emphasis on "most". And honestly, a lot of this sounds like what they licensed from Sun/Oracle in the first place, right? I'm under the impression that HotSpot would just compile for a POSIX system like OS X. But maybe they've done some sweetening for running on Darwin and the Mach microkernel? If so, that would be a pretty significant contribution. "… and the foundation for a new graphical client." Sounds to me like they're NOT contributing their AWT/Swing/Java2D, otherwise they wouldn't need to call this out separately. Wonder what they mean by "foundation"… just the interfaces already provided by the JDK? "Apple also confirmed that Java SE 6 will continue to be available from Apple for Mac OS X Snow Leopard® and the upcoming release of Mac OS X Lion." That's new, and it means that NetBeans and IntelliJ IDEA won't just cease to function as soon as you install Lion. So the void to be filled is all about Java SE 7. As conservative as most Java developers are about new versions (or their employers, really), it could be years before that really matters. --Chris On Nov 12, 8:54 am, Chris Adamson <[email protected]> wrote: > Dalibor just tweeted a link to this: > > http://blogs.oracle.com/henrik/2010/11/oracle_and_apple_announce_open... -- 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.
