Re: HOORAY !

No matter how off-topic, THAT is funny ;)

I'm still trying to decide if an x86_64-only Java 6 is better than no Java 6 at all. Of course, on the PowerBook I'm typing this e-mail on, there is no difference...

On Dec 18, 2007, at 10:43 PM, Charles Miller wrote:

SCENE: Somewhere deep in the bowels of 1 Infinite Loop, Cupertino

                           Developer

Boss. The mailing-list has exploded again. They're asking when Java 6
is going to come out. This is really starting to get out of hand.

                           Manager

Tell them we can't comment on future releases and get back to
fixing 1.5 bugs.

                           Developer

I can't! They're not buying it any more!

                           Manager

Well, put out another 1.5 update and make sure there's lots of stuff
in the release-notes to reassure them that we're working on something.

                           Developer

We just did that. But because we called it "update 6" they got all upset.

                           Manager

Damn. What's the status of Java 6?

                           Developer

There's a lot of work left to do. We need more resourc...

                           Manager

Fine. I'll just go upstairs and convince them that Java 6 is more
important than the iPhone SDK. You'll be able to tell when I've done
it because I'll be coming back down on the back of my FLYING PIG.

So what is the status of Java 6? Can we put out a new DP in the next
twelve hours?

                           Developer

We've fixed a couple of bugs. It works on Leopard now! But I'm not
sure...

                           Manager

Does it compile?

                           Developer

...yes

                           Manager

Does the installer work?

                           Developer

...yes, but...

                           Manager

But what? It compiles, it installs, let's bang it up on ADC today
and be done with it!

                           Developer

Well... I installed the alpha yesterday. The next morning my Mac
wouldn't boot, my hard drive was overwritten with random bytes,
and my cat died.

...come to think of it, that last one might be a coincidence.

                           Manager

That, my friend, is what disclaimers are for.


--C

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