Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 20th Dec 2007 10:13 UTC, submitted by meianoite
Straight from the ADC site (a free online account is enough to gain access to the download): "Java SE 6 Developer Preview 8 is an implementation of Sun's Java SE 6 for Mac OS X v10.5.1 and later. This Preview includes Java SE 6 version 1.6.0_01. This Developer Preview does not change the default version of Java. This release is only for Mac OS X v10.5.1 and later, and should not be installed on earlier versions of Mac OS X. This release is for 64-bit Intel-based Macs only and cannot run on PowerPC-based or 32-bit Intel-based Macs."
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2006-04-26
Well, actually as a Java developer, I would say I kind of agree with gjames to an extent. Wasn't it Apple that told Sun "we'll make the JVM, thanks"? Sun doesn't provide a JVM for OSX for this reason.
Also there are loads of good reasons one might want to develop with the latest Java on OSX. For instance, what if I develop a product and I want to test for forward compatibility on the newest JVM? I don't think that's an odd situation AT ALL.
So... I think it sucks that they are behind the times and no, it's not Sun's fault, it's Apple's.