So we have a fairly dry launch video, no fanfare for the launch and absolutely no demos provided. What an underwhelming launch for something that has been anticipated for so long. Granted the Java 7 launch seemed equally quiet and uneventful.
On Oct 4, 9:18 am, Jan Goyvaerts <[email protected]> wrote: > I might be wrong, but didn't they recently do native Linux graphics stuff ? > A pipeline of some sorts... So why no Linux support after all ? > > > > > > > > On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 10:15, Russel Winder <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tue, 2011-10-04 at 00:11 +0100, Kevin Wright wrote: > > > And an OSX version too! > > > Which is an improvement on being Windows only. > > > > Shame about Linux support taking another year though, <sarcasm>I guess > > > Oracle must already know how much us developer types secretly really do > > love > > > the clunky Windows command line...</sarcasm> > > > I think I'd go without the sarcasm style of criticism and just say: for > > a company trying to push Linux as a platform, Oracle sure do make > > themselves look like a Windows based company. > > > I know Windows and OS X make up 90+% (ish) of all workstation and laptop > > users, but I bet this is not true for developers. And surely it is the > > developers who are using JavaFX, not the end users. Thus it is the > > spread of OS use by developers that matters and I bet Linux represents a > > significant market share in that audience. > > > -- > > Russel. > > > =========================================================================== > > == > > Dr Russel Winder t: +44 20 7585 2200 voip: > > sip:[email protected] > > 41 Buckmaster Road m: +44 7770 465 077 xmpp: [email protected] > > London SW11 1EN, UK w:www.russel.org.uk skype: russel_winder -- 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.
