"… and the foundation for a new graphical client." I guessing that's to do with Lion new graphical interface :) hope so :)
That Java Apps will look like native Apps Maybe I wrong - time will tell. On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 6:10 AM, Chris Adamson <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > > -- 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.
