Hi, Lol finally! Someone who feels like I do about them. Although in this case, who can blame them... If a successful app runs on their platform... Maybe they'll get some of what Google got for using Java. Storm -- Registered Linux user number 508465: http://counter.li.org/ My blog, Thoughts of a Dragon: http://www.stormdragon.us/ Vinux is Linux done right: http://vinux.org.uk/ On Thu, 2010-10-21 at 17:45 -0400, Sina Bahram wrote: > Just screw Apple and move on with your lives. > > Why does anyone bother trying to meet a constnatly moving target by the most > dishonest company in the biz. > > I refuse to change any project based on this information. Apple can go die. > > Take care, > Sina > > -----Original Message----- > From: programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:programmingblind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Kerneels Roos > Sent: Thursday, October 21, 2010 11:20 AM > To: programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: Java Deprecated on Mac > > 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/JavaSnowLeop > > ardUpdate3LeopardUpdate8RN/NewandNoteworthy/NewandNoteworthy.html#//ap > > ple_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 > > __________ > View the list's information and change your settings at > //www.freelists.org/list/programmingblind >