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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RE[5]: Not good enough...
by memson on Sun 23rd Dec 2007 15:32
in reply to "RE[4]: Not good enough..."
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No, the point is more to do with uncontrollable forces. ASP.Net 1.0 and 2.0, to give an example, are runtime compatible, but until re-added web projects, as per VS.Net 2003, there was a forced upgrade that implied a whole new extensive full regression test. Fuller than if they had left well alone.
Any time you change runtimes - and to use 3.5 features, that is implied, the costs for all product releases ramp up. Releasing a product without fully testing is exactly the type of foolish behaviour that ruins customer relationships and loses sales.
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2005-07-07
As with Java, .NET is able to support multiple runtime environments on the same machine so the whole issue of 'upgrading' to .NET 3 or Java 6 is moot from an end-user perspective.
Of course I agree with you completely though - it all depends on the customers. If your market research or feedback from customers leads you to believe that they are not willing, for whatever reason, to use the latest runtime environment then of course that's a valid reason not to upgrade your development environment.
In the end-user market you are very unlikely to come across that type of customer though.