http://www.devdaily.com/mac-os-x/apple-mac-java-deprecated-os-x-sdk-jvm
Apple have quietly announced the deprecation of Java with a release note in their latest upgrade:
"As of the release of Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 3, the version of Java that is ported by Apple, and that ships with Mac OS X, is deprecated...This means that the Apple-produced runtime will not be maintained at the same level, and may be removed from future versions of Mac OS X. The Java runtime shipping in Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, and Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, will continue to be supported and maintained through the standard support cycles of those products."
It's an interesting move but essentially I read that as "we're canning Java support after snow leopard." I wonder if Oracle will provide something, or perhaps there will be a huge open source effort? It's going to be no small task to provide a working VM for OSX from scratch...
Thoughts?
Apple have quietly announced the deprecation of Java with a release note in their latest upgrade:
"As of the release of Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 3, the version of Java that is ported by Apple, and that ships with Mac OS X, is deprecated...This means that the Apple-produced runtime will not be maintained at the same level, and may be removed from future versions of Mac OS X. The Java runtime shipping in Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, and Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard, will continue to be supported and maintained through the standard support cycles of those products."
It's an interesting move but essentially I read that as "we're canning Java support after snow leopard." I wonder if Oracle will provide something, or perhaps there will be a huge open source effort? It's going to be no small task to provide a working VM for OSX from scratch...
Thoughts?