On 10/31/07, Shawn Erickson <email@hidden> wrote:
> On 10/31/07, David Orriss Jr <email@hidden> wrote:
> > On 10/31/07, Fabrizio Giudici <email@hidden> wrote:
> > >
> > > I think that nobody of us, even the more angry, has anything against the
> > > Apple's Java engineering. Our complains are directed to the management and
> > > decision makers.
> >
> > Agreed. I think the biggest issue is that people's comfort levels
> > have dropped considerably when there's no word on what Apple is doing
> > with Java 6 - it just stopped happening - and that any questions or
> > complaints about it are deleted on the Apple discussion forums.
> >
> > Personally I'd hate to have to take this beautiful Mac Pro of mine and
> > just end up dual booting it and running XP or Vista 99% of the time
> > because one of the main reasons I went with Apple (their expanding
> > Java support) suddenly disappears.
> >
> > I think if Apple would just say "hey.. we know you want it..we're
> > working on finishing it up.. just sit tight" all of this would go
> > away. But complete silence?
>
> Apple seldom EVER comments on unreleased product via public channels,
> it is that simple. Apple HAS communicated via some private channels
> (WWDC).
>
Fair enough.. but I think this time that's going to bite them and
pretty hard. When you have higher profile Java evangelists saying
"bye Apple..." that's just not good.. y'know?
--
David Orriss Jr.
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