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Apple Deprecates Their JVM

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the zomg-i'm-posting-a-java-story dept.

Mortimer.CA writes "In some recent release notes Apple has deprecated their JVM: 'As of the release of Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 3, the version of Java that is ported by Apple, and that ships with Mac OS X, is deprecated.' In the past Sun (now Oracle) has always let Apple do this: 'Apple Computer supplies their own version of Java. Use the Software Update feature (available on the Apple menu) to check that you have the most up-to-date version of Java for your Mac.' I wonder how much heads-up Oracle was given for this change, and if the Java team has any code ready to go, or whether they'll have to ramp up porting for Mac OS 10.7 (aka 'Lion')."

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  1. Re:So they are dropping another tech by erroneus · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    In many ways, Apple is helping to move old tech out. Java, some will say, is still quite relevant. Apparently Apple does not agree. The push for getting everyone into HTML 5 using Javascript and all of those technologies necessitates getting rid of the old ways.

    This push is good for the whole internet environment and with the push for adoption of real internet standards faithfully implemented, this is also an effective dig against Microsoft for having controlled "The Internet" with a big blue "e" for so long. Now with MSIE being a reported less-than-50%, it is just about time to start ignoring MSIE. (Furthermore, we will see an end to various web-interfaces for devices and appliances working only with MSIE... that day will not come soon enough)

    Of course there is more to computing than the web, but predictions are that it will not last long in that state for a great many users.

    Apple seems to have selected its vision for the future and is pushing for it.

  2. I thought JAVA was supposed to be crossplatform by viralMeme · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    "They don't need to create an Installer, they need to create an entire port to a new operating system. The low-level threading and memory management, the GUI.. who wants their Java apps to be running under X11 on Mac?"

  3. Re:So they are dropping another tech by oh_my_080980980 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Dude do you have a fucking clue. Neither Linux nor Windows develops their own JVM. Sun MicroSystems and now Oracle develops JVMs for all the OSs EXCEPT Apple. So now Oracle will develop the JVM for Apple.

    BIG FUCKING DEAL!

    FYI Google doesn't care for Java, so stop sucking Google's dick.