I wish Apple would just open-source the Cocoa-AWT bridge, and then Landon
Fuller et al. could get Swing up and running natively in their port. I don't
see why Apple can't just do this. It's not like Apple seems that serious
about maintaining the Apple JDK going forward. People have come forward to
volunteer their time, that are willing to, and it would be nice if Apple
could just contribute to that effort through the source donation.
It would only benefit Apple to do this anyways, since they would no longer
have to maintain the JDK, and all the Apple Java Development community will
be the better for it. It would be win-win for everyone.
On 17-Dec-07, at 11:30 AM, Joshua Portway wrote:
You're right, it may not have any direct impact - though presuming that the
Apple Java engineers have some sympathy with our problems it might be a
handy archive of messages for them to show their bosses. Whether it has any
impact or not, since this is a forum for java developers who work with OSX
it does seem like a reasonable place to discuss the matter, doesn't it ?
J
On 17 Dec 2007, at 17:20, Eric Kolotyluk wrote:
While I find this discussion very interesting, I doubt it will have any
impact on Apple via this forum.
Has anyone thought of getting a petition started and sending the results
directly to Steve Jobs? I for one would sign. Someone influential should
start the petition (i.e. James Gosling, JavaLobby, etc.)
I really share everyone's frustration, but whether we're polite or not
on this mailing list is just not going to influence anyone at Apple who
is in a position to make a difference.
Cheers, Eric
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