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[/img]As of just a few weeks ago, Java's legacy of write once, debug
everywhere was looking in doubt. Apple's flavor of the Java 6 runtime
was deprecated and all those .class and .jar files on Macs were
looking like they'd swirl to a lingering death in the great coffee pot
in the sky. That all changes today with an announcement from both
Apple and Oracle that Cupertino developers will "contribute most of
the key components" for OpenJDK Java SE 7 implementations on 32- and
64-bit flavors of OS X, with runtime virtual machines set to cover
both Snow Leopard and the upcoming Lion release. Additionally, Apple
will continue to make the SE 6 version of Java available, while Oracle
will take over responsibility for ownership and distribution of
version 7 and those to come. Makes sense -- Apple might be pulling
away from the enterprise and server markets, but there are lots of
Java devs using Mac OS X out there, and it's only natural for Oracle
to pick up support for them.
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