Hi I tried to run a Java program and Lion asked me would I like to install "Java 1.6.0_26 " and the PATH was set for Terminal, it just worked and all my Java IDE's (NetBeans, IDEA, and Eclipse) worked.
No errors at all. Paul On Sat, Jul 23, 2011 at 4:01 AM, Chris Adamson <[email protected]>wrote: > On Jul 22, 10:33 am, jwd <[email protected]> wrote: > > What a great way for Apple to gauge the real requirement to continue Java > > support on the platform. Now all that is needed is some killer app that > > requires the JVM - written in any language one presumes - to get Steve's > > attention again. > > Sorry to say, but this is pretty much what people have been saying > about desktop Java for a good 10 years now > > The fact that the most substantial uses of desktop Java have been Java > IDEs (whose appeal is, by definition, to Java developers) doesn't > inspire a lot of confidence. > > Google for "killer java app" and (aside from blogs saying there is no > killer java app) the top hits are from about 5 years ago: > > http://scobleizer.com/2007/03/20/steve-jobs-alert-killer-java-app-for-iphone/ > http://wendong.ngphone.com/another-top-10-java-mobile-killer-apps/ > Even though I was still working in desktop Java at that time, I don't > recognize or remember *any* of these apps. > > The "we just need a killer app to turn things around" mindset is a > sign of desperation. Stop waiting for Godot, Mr. Right, and Roxy > Carmichael. They're not coming. > > At any rate, all the action in Java has moved over to Android, whose > app count and user base surely outnumbers desktop Java's by many > orders of magnitude. Swing and SWT have both lost, to android.view. > > It could be argued that the point of desktop Java at this time is > largely just to keep NetBeans, IDEA, and Eclipse running. The latter > of which is used to write Android apps. And I think we can all > accurately estimate Apple's interest in investing engineering > resources into helping developers create apps for the Android > platform. > > --Chris > > -- > 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.
