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> le.com] On Behalf Of Ken
> Sent: Tuesday, October 05, 2004 9:43 AM
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> Subject: Re: What in 1.5 is non-Java?
>
>
[...]
> I truly regard Apples lack of commitment to providing newer JVM
> availability, for their older OSs, as a greedy sales
> motivator (not just
> in java APIs either, sorry to say)and/or being due to lack of
> programmer
> resources. Making the 1.5(5) jvm only available for Panther
> is just bad
> for the community, becasue it produces as many compatibility problems
> as, say, using native code would. Sad.
>
>
You mean Tiger, right?
<rant>
I am so tired of these arguments. Everyone sees his/her situation as the one
Apple should focus on. The simple fact is that not all java developers moved
to 1.5 the day it was released. Hell, there are people on this list
developing for Mac OS 9! Where do you get off demanding that Apple support
you as though you are the entire developer contingent they have to support?
Why does Apple have to support a lame duck operating system if you don't?
You don't expect Java 1.5 support for 10.1 do you? Everyone is so quick to
tell Apple what they "must" do and accuse them of "greedy" tactics. Apple
has a responsibility to millions of users to protect the investment they
have made in the Macintosh platform. Has it occurred to you that there is
nothing greedy about saying they can't afford to develop and maintain Java
1.5 on two platforms? That isn't greed, it's strategic allocation of
resources.
</rant>
David
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