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Quote: Originally Posted by rhowarth You don't honestly believe that for one second do you? Find me one modern Objective C/Cocoa based application for Mac OS X or the iPhone (of which there are many, and quite excellent ones too) and name me a pl…
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Quote: Originally Posted by TenoBell Because HTML/CSS/JavaScript weren't ready yet. Still isn't ready. HTML/CSS/JavaScript do not constitute a common runtime. They're text, to be interpreted by whichever browser happens to be running them. …
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You're missing the whole point of managed runtimes. The point isn't to "make life easier from programmers", as though we were all lazy and should pull up our bootstraps and do "proper" programming by manually assigning our pointers. The point o…
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Quote: Originally Posted by gudin Well, I might quibble with you a bit there. Cocoa being fabulous certainly had something to do with it. Other devices have apps, but the Cocoa-based sdk and Obj C had something to do with it. Fast development,…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Shrike Not only that, I lay 50/50 odds that the majority of Android app development will be done in the native development kit (C/C++) within the next 2 years. Dalvik may be dead in 3. More likely the Google will re…
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How is Java's garbage collection, which uses sophisticated memory-monitoring algorithms that have been developed and re-engineered over the 14-year life of the platform "unpredictable"? As for the success of the iPhone platform: It has everyt…
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Quote: Originally Posted by vito_web I am very informed of Java usage these days, I was developing with java for some years, but all I can tell is "Java SUCKS", and it does not matter what companies use it IBM, whatever, they use it because they …
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What will be key for this new OS is whether they can work out deals with OEM's to pre-install it. People don't buy operating systems. They buy computers with OS's installed on it. This is why Windows and OS X has succeeded where Linux has larg…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Outsider To me it appears they are making room in their line up for a new model of plain MacBook to replace the current white one. Here's a couple of question to speculate on: 1) Can Apple afford to make a $999 u…
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Until somebody promises to indemnify open source browsers from lawsuits from any H.264 patent holders, no open source browser will implement with H.264. This means that users of open source browsers, including the vast majority of Linux users (10…
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Dell's business model needs to change to differentiate themselves from their competitors. Perhaps this is one step on the way to doing this.
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Let take these points on one at a time, shall we? Quote: Originally Posted by scratchnsniff I think the one thing you didn't touch on is whether Apple is willing to give back their customisations to the open source JVM implementation that is o…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. Me You are confusing issues. The popularity or lack thereof a set of frameworks or development environment has nothing to do with whether or not it is integrated into the OS. Explain why Java is more "integrated…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Mr. Me 1. It is not the mid-90's anymore. 2. Java was not an integral part of MacOS 8 or MacOS 9. Java is, however, an integral part of MacOS X. Define integral. It's just as integral a part of Windows as it is…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Hiro @JC -- Interesting way to see the same facts differently. I disagree with your interpretations altogether, I don't disagree with the base facts. And I will probably disagree with where you try to draw the line b…
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I know this is slightly off-topic, but with the 13 inch unibody MacBooks becoming MacBook Pros, does Apple have plans for brand-new MacBooks in the near future? I'm guessing they might.
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Quote: Originally Posted by mdriftmeyer You're spot on in this one and I'll go further to say that OS X doesn't need Java, if Apple does the right thing and restores WOF to Cocoa/Objc where it belongs. If Apple released the WOF Runtime on Linu…
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Quote: Originally Posted by Hiro Apple does the JVM because Sun won't. Not according to James Gosling: http://blogs.sun.com/jag/entry/solar...os_x_continued ---- Lots of folks ask "why doesn't sun just do the JDK for Mac?". The real ans…
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For all the debates between Windows and Mac, there is a third option: Linux This option is more feasible because PC makers such as Dell and HP are beginning to sell desktops with Linux pre-loaded. There are even dedicated vendors like System…