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 > > > >Stefik > >__________ > >View the list's information and change your settings at > >//www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind > > > >__________ > >View the list's information and change your settings at > >//www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind > > > > -- > Kerneels Roos > Cell: +27 (0)82 309 1998 > Skype: cornelis.roos > > "Common Sense" is not "Common Practice" . > > "The Strawberry Jam Law: > The wider you spread it, the thinner it gets..." > -- from the Java Specialist Newsletter, from a book on consulting. > > __________ > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind -- John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer Abilitiessoft, Inc. http://www.abilitiessoft.com Madison, Wisconsin USA Developing software for people with disabilities __________ View the list's information and change your settings at //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind