I’ve eschewed downloading the Java 6 developer preview from Apple’s Developer Center since it was over a year old. And with Leopard around the corner, where is the much needed love for Java coming from Apple? Remember that OS X would be the number one Java development platform?
300 new features, but no mention of Java. I’d really hate to take James Gosling’s route and resort to using other operating systems to be able to continue to work for my company (we’re already deploying to Java 6).
The only quote I could find about Java on the Apple Leopard developer site was:
“You can even use 64-bit Java on capable Intel processors.”
Where’s the love?!?
you are so damn right!! Didn’t Steve Jobs mention a few months ago that he considers Java to be dead (!!!!) or something similar.
As a linux user, I’ve been waiting for some love from Apple for a long, long time.
Sadly, the love has not been forthcoming.
Clearly almost all Apple’s love goes to iPhone and iPod owners. Mac OS X is no more the best o.s. for Java development, being Linux much better – but Mac OS X is still be better o.s. on the whole, I mean especially if you need some other kinds of applications for your job or personal use.
Nevertheless, at this point, I wouldn’t despair until October 26, and then we’ll see. If no Java 6 will appear, we’ll have to start another migration.
No Java 6, just installed Leopard with Dev Tools.
Are they stupid or just intentionally trying to alienate Java developers?
Well… it looks like it’s time for us to port OpenJDK to Mac OS X !
Let’s see for a few more weeks and see if Apple responds, otherwise my first work Mac will be my last, and I will start looking at getting back to using Thinkpads. Wonder if I still can use the Mac for Linux… But Linux runs so much better on the Thinkpad, and the Thinkpads actually give me more battery life, my switch to Mac was the for Mac OS X, so if running Linux (or god forbid going back to Vista), I see no reason to use a Mac.