Re: Java Deprecated on Mac

  • From: "John J. Boyer" <john.boyer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Thu, 21 Oct 2010 11:39:12 -0500

More likely the beginning of the end of Aple. This is a stupid move and 
must have been prompted by some kind of pressure. Anyway, third-party 
developers will come out with JRE's for the Apple. They probably see it 
as an oporturnity.

John

On Thu, Oct 21, 2010 at 05:20:12PM +0200, Kerneels Roos wrote:
> Hmm. Not what I want to hear after just downloaded NetBeans, Eclipse, 
> latest JDK, Sappy  and SodBeans!!!
> 
> Maybe  Oracle ticked off Apple big time or something.
> 
> What's the point of trying to accomodate everyone by coding in Java if 
> Apple's deprecating it?
> 
> And I like Java and want to do a sizeable project in it, but I have to 
> support a Mac as well...
> 
> Come on Apple, don't drop Java!
> 
> Is this the beginning of the end of Java?
> 
> On 10/21/2010 5:03 PM, qubit wrote:
> >Oh No! -- that's a pain!
> >Hmm.  Back to the drawing board.
> >--le
> >
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Andreas Stefik"<stefika@xxxxxxxxx>
> >To:<programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 9:53 AM
> >Subject: Java Deprecated on Mac
> >
> >
> >Hey folks,
> >
> >Some bad news. Looks as if Apple has deprecated all of Java on Mac OS
> >X, and it may not be shipped with future releases.
> >
> >Here's a link:
> >
> >http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#releasenotes/Java/JavaSnowLeopardUpdate3LeopardUpdate8RN/NewandNoteworthy/NewandNoteworthy.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40010380-CH4-DontLinkElementID_2
> >
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