Re: ....I'm confused....
Originally posted by macktheknife
You're kidding me, right?
Hey LimeiBook86, I would like to apologize for my remark. I had *zero* intention of making fun of you or ridiculing you. I was just surprised that someone who's a Macrumors regular didn't know what Java is. My apologies.
Anyhow, I think this is, of course, good news. Java 1.4 has been out for what, almost a year now? So this will let all OS X Java programmers up to speed with the rest of industry. If Apple and Sun were to work more closely together with timing future release dates of Java (like 1.5), it will hopefully make OS X an even more attractive option for developers.
However, I'm personally worried about the future viability of Java. I know this sounds crazy, but I have noticed that more developers are jumping on the .net bandwagon and switching to C#. Java's main appeal is its platform independence, but that is only an advantage if there were many standards used. As more and more small to mid-sized businesses switch to servers powered by Microsoft instead of UNIX, it makes sense for these businesses to adopt .net for their enterprise solutions. My friend who's a Java certified programmer has confirmed this trend, and he is also worried. Ironically, while some small to mid-sized companies are switching to Microsoft, large businesses are switching to open source software to cut costs. So hopefully, the existence and growing popularity of open source software like Linux, Apache, etc. will provide some future competition.