Re: OS X - Java Deprecated. Moneydance future?

Oracle, where good software goes to die...

Andy
On Oct 22, 2010 11:20 PM, "Rick Floyd" <rick-VPOBD8XdS/[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Most likely that company will be named "Oracle."
>>
> The justification that Apple (Jobs) is giving for deprecating Java on OS
> X is that Apple's port is always behind and so it's better if it comes
> from the vendor. Perhaps it will happen, although Oracle is showing
> itself pretty resistant to doing any work that doesn't provide a direct
> revenue stream. In any case, isn't there a better way to make this
> transition than deprecating Java? I also wonder how much work Oracle can
> or will put into integrating Java into OS X. I'd much rather have
> "integrated" than "current" at this point in Java's lifecycle. Take a
> look at a Java app on Linux to see how bad it can get without that
> integration.
>
> A more immediate effect of the deprecation comes from Apple's position
> that applications based on deprecated interfaces (explicitly including
> Java) will be banned from Apple's app store when it opens in a few
> months. That's a pretty unfriendly thing to do to developers who have
> supported Apple for so long.
>
> See:
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/22/jobs_on_java_for_mac/
>
> for more speculation on where this might be going.
>
> I think that the original poster is right to be worried.
>
>
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