[The Java Posse] Re: Oracle and Apple Announce OpenJDK Project for OSX

2010-11-15 Thread Vince O'Sullivan
On Nov 13, 12:16 pm, Martin Sturm wrote: > On 12 nov, 18:55, Puybaret wrote: > > > "… and the foundation for a new graphical client." > > Read Mike Swingle answer > > athttp://lists.apple.com/archives/Java-dev/2010/Nov/msg00104.html > > ...it sounds to me that Apple is investing in Java 7... Th

[The Java Posse] Re: Oracle and Apple Announce OpenJDK Project for OSX

2010-11-15 Thread RogerV
On Nov 12, 9:07 am, Rob Ross wrote: > Oh, to be a fly on the wall in those back room negotiations between Oracle > and Apple. Or maybe just a golf game between Steve and Larry? Hmm, an ascetic like Jobs doesn't quite seem like the golf course type -- You received this message because you are s

[The Java Posse] Re: Oracle and Apple Announce OpenJDK Project for OSX

2010-11-15 Thread Martin Sturm
On 12 nov, 18:55, Puybaret wrote: > "… and the foundation for a new graphical client." > Read Mike Swingle answer > athttp://lists.apple.com/archives/Java-dev/2010/Nov/msg00104.html The whole announcement is very positive in my opinion, since after working full-time on Linux machine for a couple

[The Java Posse] Re: Oracle and Apple Announce OpenJDK Project for OSX

2010-11-13 Thread Mike Wolfson
This is good news. Lets hope Oracle continues to do the right thing. On Nov 12, 6:54 am, Chris Adamson wrote: > Dalibor just tweeted a link to this: > > http://blogs.oracle.com/henrik/2010/11/oracle_and_apple_announce_open... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the G

[The Java Posse] Re: Oracle and Apple Announce OpenJDK Project for OSX

2010-11-12 Thread Puybaret
"… and the foundation for a new graphical client." Read Mike Swingle answer at http://lists.apple.com/archives/Java-dev/2010/Nov/msg00104.html -- 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...@goog

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Oracle and Apple Announce OpenJDK Project for OSX

2010-11-12 Thread work only
"… and the foundation for a new graphical client." I guessing that's to do with Lion new graphical interface :) hope so :) That Java Apps will look like native Apps Maybe I wrong - time will tell. On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 6:10 AM, Chris Adamson wrote: > Looking carefully at this, there's sti

[The Java Posse] Re: Oracle and Apple Announce OpenJDK Project for OSX

2010-11-12 Thread Bill Robertson
Here is Apple's press release: http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/11/12openjdk.html On Nov 12, 8:54 am, Chris Adamson wrote: > Dalibor just tweeted a link to this: > > http://blogs.oracle.com/henrik/2010/11/oracle_and_apple_announce_open... -- You received this message because you are subsc

[The Java Posse] Re: Oracle and Apple Announce OpenJDK Project for OSX

2010-11-12 Thread Les Stroud
Great news!! Nitpick it all you want, but this may be the best possible outcome. This means that oracle is interested in an Apple release of the jdk and that Apple is willing to give the portions of it's code that would not cause them legal or technical problems. LES On Nov 12, 8:54 am, Chris A

[The Java Posse] Re: Oracle and Apple Announce OpenJDK Project for OSX

2010-11-12 Thread Carl Jokl
Well I might still buy another mac yet. -- 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

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Oracle and Apple Announce OpenJDK Project for OSX

2010-11-12 Thread fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it
> I don't understand that. Apple Java 6 is not going to disappear from Snow Leopard, ever. The problem is to understand what happens on Lion.    BTW, from http://www.finanznachrichten.de/18537066:   Apple also confirmed that Java SE 6 will continue to be available from Apple for

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Oracle and Apple Announce OpenJDK Project for OSX

2010-11-12 Thread fabrizio.giud...@tidalwave.it
> > I just couldn't reading the post like this: >   "So the void to be filled is all about Java SE 7.  ...it could be years before that really matters." > > Sad, but true :(   I don't understand that. Apple Java 6 is not going to disappear from Snow Leopard, ever. The problem is to understand

Re: [The Java Posse] Re: Oracle and Apple Announce OpenJDK Project for OSX

2010-11-12 Thread Kevin Wright
I just couldn't reading the post like this: > "So the void to be filled is all about Java SE 7. ...it could be years before that really matters." Sad, but true :( -- Kevin Wright mail / gtalk / msn : kev.lee.wri...@gmail.com pulse / skype: kev.lee.wright twitter: @thecoda -- You receiv

[The Java Posse] Re: Oracle and Apple Announce OpenJDK Project for OSX

2010-11-12 Thread Chris Adamson
Looking carefully at this, there's still a wide-open question about just what they're contributing. To wit: "Apple will contribute most of the key components, tools and technology required for a Java SE 7 implementation on Mac OS X, including a 32-bit and 64-bit HotSpot-based Java virtual machine