Apple ignores Java developers with Leopard
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D-Zone has been plagued with the most pathetic whining I've seen on blogs for a long time. STFU already, it's going to be coming. Soon.
PS. Isn't this Sun's responsibility anyways?
Not to mention that most companies that use Java, typical stay one version behind the latest one anyways, to make transition from one version to another as painless as possible.
And OSX never shipped in line with java versions - it has its own schedule of course. I don't know what all the fuss is about. People can still run what they run now.
it may be easy for developers to do it, but we often forget about the average consumer/user (not to mention update it)
Seriously, perhaps Apple is trying to discourage people from developing MacOS applications using Java in order not to make the whole experience appear slow. Their OS is already quite inefficient (which, BTW, makes me wonder why on earth anybody would make a Mac their development machine).
Because a development platform and deployment platform can be two different platforms.
Of course, this only addresses Mac vs Windows - the argument becomes less compelling if you're comparing it to linux. I'm not sophisticated enough with Unix to appreciate the differences between linux and bsd, but I do like the Mac UI, and unlike windows, I get a unix prompt, which is pretty tremendous.