> Apple are obviously not stupid and have weighed up the lost sales to > the Java community against the odds of them destroying a competitor > technology. Perhaps it’s a positive sign that they actually see it as > a threat now.
I really doubt they are seeing it as a threat though, the typical reasoning going on in iSteve's head is well known by now and has been covered in other threads. Java (and Flash) has been deprecated little by little over the years, in various subtle ways. I think it's no coincidence that with this last stroke, Java is officially deprecated by Apple _as_well_ as being locked out of their future app channel. Few could have any doubt, that Apple does *not* want Java/Flash on in any way, shape or form. Apple's "we know best" has worked out so well for them in the past, I think they are simply applying it more broadly to their advantage. Since they put customer experience ahead of developers, it goes without saying that the Java developer lost out on this one. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to javapo...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to javaposse+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
