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Re: Java on Leopard report


On Oct 26, 2007, at 3:08 PM, Bill Janssen wrote:

So how about a technical discussion here? I see little or no 
technical advantage in the use of Java 6 on the Mac platform, barring
bug fixes.  What in the world is in Java 6 that suddenly makes it so
vital?

Bill

To me, the key advantage is developer mindshare. There's a Java oriented software conference called No Fluff Just Stuff that's been going on for the past six years. When I first started going, I was one of the only guys carrying a Mac. Over the last couple years, Macs have sprung up like weeds, and more importantly, nearly all the presenters were carrying them.

This year, the Mac were still there, but the first thing most presenters did was fire up Parallels and flip over to XP/Vista or Linux. That's not going to sell many Macs when they are just being used as stylish Windows machines...

For the last several years, I've been doing all my professional development on my Mac. At my new job, my workstation is Ubuntu. It's pretty nice :)

-wilhelm
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 >Re: Java on Leopard report (From: Yong Hyeon Yoon <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Java on Leopard report (From: Scott Kovatch <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Java on Leopard report (From: Pratik Solanki <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Java on Leopard report (From: "Tony Bigbee" <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Java on Leopard report (From: Pratik Solanki <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Java on Leopard report (From: Tim Goeke <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Java on Leopard report (From: Bill Janssen <email@hidden>)
 >Re: Java on Leopard report (From: Tim Goeke <email@hidden>)



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