Let me get this straight. We should all be happy with the Java
release schedule on Apple lagging behind the rest of the computing
world by 1.5 years, just for the benefit of keeping a few people
employed at Apple. I'm sure that these guys at Apple are highly
qualified and would find their skills better applied on a product that
their employer actually cared about.
And the existing Apple Java team should just be fired? Doesn't seem
like a "benefit for everyone".
I am confident that Apple is still working on Java 6, and the reason
it's not out, is because it's not ready. A million people screaming
"we want it now" won't magically fix the bugs and other issues that
are holding it back. I see no reason that Java 6 would have been
canceled, given that they've already had a working prototype of it
in the developer preview.
And I bet even the managers of the Java team can't authorize the
disclosure of the status of Java 6, since the "don't speak about
unreleased products unless you're Steve Jobs" policy is most likely
outside of their control.
-Alexei Svitkine
Fizzysoft
Mike Brock
Senior Software Engineer
Red Hat, Inc. (JBoss Division)
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