Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 30th Apr 2008 13:04 UTC, submitted by someone
Back in 2007 when Apple released Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, a much-heard criticism was the lack of support for Java 6. Leopard shipped with an older version of Java, 1.5, even though 1.6 had been released by Sun almost a year prior. Sun had already released Java 1.6 for Linux and Windows, but did not do so for Mac OS X, since Apple insists on developing their own version of Java, according to Sun. Now, 6 months later, Mac Java programmers can rejoice.
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Member since:2005-07-07
I don't think Apple has ever been all that 'enthused' about Java either way.
Look at it this way. What was the last Java client side application that you used? If you're not a Java developer, you're definitely going to try your best to stay away from anything Java related.
RE[2]: Comment by Kroc
by Thom_Holwerda on Wed 30th Apr 2008 18:48
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Member since:2005-06-29
Look at it this way. What was the last Java client side application that you used? If you're not a Java developer, you're definitely going to try your best to stay away from anything Java related.
We just started using this here at OSN.
http://www.woopra.com/
Will blow all your prejudice surrounding Java away. What an AWESOME application.
Member since:2005-11-10
Member since:2005-07-06
Look at it this way. What was the last Java client side application that you used? If you're not a Java developer, you're definitely going to try your best to stay away from anything Java related.
Yeah, stay away from OpenOffice (used in Base) and Limewire. If you do PHP development, stay away From Zend (now Ecplipse based). And cell phones are just for calling people. Right... that's crazy. Forget Java 1.1, will you. Java right now is VERY performant. Plus, it is SO nice to have an App that you can just drag-and-drop deploy between Windows, Mac, BSD and Linux. I write client-side apps for companies. They love the simplicity of deployment. And if you know how to code, they perform well.
Really, why don't we just stay away from higher-level languages altogether, and stick with tried-and-true assembler. I'd love to see the code base for OpenOffice.Org, assember edition!
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2005-11-10
Really strange behaviour. I can only conclude that it's either for cost reasons (less engineers/time used); or to drive sales of new Macs. I don't think Apple has ever been all that 'enthused' about Java either way.