Re: Threats on Mac OSX Java ?

Posted by amsmota on Oct 22, 2010; 8:12am
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*Lot's of news around it:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/21/apple_threatens_to_kill_java_on_the_mac/

http://news.cnet.com/8301-31021_3-20020338-260.html

And what Jobs said about it...

*"Sun (now Oracle) supplies Java for all other platforms. They have their
own release schedules, which are almost always different than ours, so the
Java we ship is always a version behind. This may not be the best way to do
it"
*
That everybody now is trying to interpret...

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1818550

http://www.macrumors.com/2010/10/22/steve-jobs-comments-on-apples-java-discontinuation/


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On 22 October 2010 08:24, Joonas Pulakka <[hidden email]> wrote:

> 2010/10/22 Michael Doube <[hidden email]>
>
> > Anyone know what Oracle's commitment to Java is?
> >>
> > They are willing to sue Google over Dalvik (Google's VM):
> >
> > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/08/16/google_oracle_android_lawsuit/
> >
> >
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/06/google_answers_oracle_android_lawsuit/
> >
>
> But then, Oracle themselves seem to be committed to maintain and develop
> OpenJDK and Java SE:
>
> http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/173782
> http://www.oracle.com/us/corporate/press/176988
>
> Java SE is currently available for Linux, Solaris and Windows platforms, so
> Java support on those seems to be well maintained. Lots of discussion on
> the
> OSX case here:
> http://apple.slashdot.org/story/10/10/21/125222/Apple-Deprecates-Their-JVM
>
> Regards,
> Joonas
>