You think that is it? It seems rather mysterious to me. OS X had gained a reputation for being a nice Java dev environment, because it came all pre-installed. If they really drop distributing it, it will become just as much a pain to use as Java on Windows. And who knows if Oracle will end up relegating the OS X distribution to the backwaters (the way it was in the bad old days).
I wonder what Apple intends Java developers to do? On 2010-10-21, at 20:14, Raju Bitter wrote: > Well, Sun had been planning a Java Runtime based store implementation > for quite some time. Steve is probably afraid of having another store > on his OS. > http://www.java.com/en/store/intl-contact.jsp > The Java Store provides an easy and secure means of discovering and > acquiring compelling Java applications. Social networking, games, > productivity tools and business applications are examples of what you > will be able to download from the Java Store. > > On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 7:20 PM, P T Withington <[email protected]> wrote: >> Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 3 and 10.5 Update 8 Release Notes: New and >> Noteworthy >> >> http://bit.ly/afFaOj >> >>> Java Deprecation >>> >>> As of the release of Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 3, the version of Java >>> that is ported by Apple, and that ships with Mac OS X, is deprecated. >>> >>> This means that the Apple-produced runtime will not be maintained at the >>> same level, and may be removed from future versions of Mac OS X. The Java >>> runtime shipping in Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, and Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, >>> will continue to be supported and maintained through the standard support >>> cycles of those products. >> >> I take this to mean that Apple is going to shut out Java the way it has shut >> out Flash? Or that Steve and Larry are not as good friends as FSJ would >> have us believe? >>
