Here's the story ...
Yesterday, Apple quietly announced that they would cease future distribution
of their own custom Java packages, concerning some Java developers, John
Brownlee reports for Cult of Mac. So does that mean that Macs will no longer
have up-to-date Java? A concerned Java
Dale,
This will actually have a HUGE impact on Witango.
The version 6 studio is written completely in Java, and because Apple is such a
pain when it comes to their Java implementation, there are chunks of the Studio
which are branched or patched just to deal with Apple’s incomplete JVM.
There have been some comments, including from Jobs, that the apple variant of
java has always been a step behind and is the only platform not developed and
distribute by Sun..er..Oracle. Looks like the java on mac platform may fall
into line with others and be an Oracle product.
On Oct 22,
Just my 2 cents, but we had to choose a write a few run on all platforms
apps, and heavily looked at JAVA. In the end, we chose realbasic. You write in
one language, it compiles natively to mac, windows, and linux. They have a huge
development community now, and with new developments, I am sure
Dumb question. Is the server component written in Java or just the studio?
Steve Fogelson
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From: Robert Garcia [mailto:wita...@bighead.net]
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 12:50 PM
To: Witango-Talk@witango.com
Subject: Re: Witango-Talk: Apple ceasing future distribution of Java
Only the Studio.
Server is standard C++ compiled on each platform.
Robert
From: Fogelson, Steve [mailto:stevefogel...@askics.net]
Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 4:49 PM
To: Witango-Talk@witango.com
Subject: RE: Witango-Talk: Apple ceasing future distribution of Java
Dumb question.
