Supposedly Apple won't provide Java for 10.7...
But isn't it Apple that does the only port of Java for OSX? My internet bank service won't work without Java...
When Steven Jobs says the App store is the "preferred method" of Software deployment on MacOS from now on, what he really means is "will be the only one, come 10.8". As this means all software will have to comply to the App store rules we all know from the iPhone, Java (and Flash, by the way) will be of no concern for Apple users for much longer.
Just some of the rules for the App store:
-no buggy or beta Apps
-no demo versions (that blatantly rules out selling Shareware on the Mac!)
-no Apps that are "not very useful or do not provide any lasting entertainment value" (to whom?)
-no "Apps that encourage excessive consumption of alcohol or illegal substances, or encourage minors to consume alcohol or smoke cigarettes" (Good bye, Duke Nukem Forever!)
-no third-party installers allowed
-no "Apps containing pornographic material" (Good bye, Duke Nukem Forever - again!)
...and there's much more:
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/10/20/apple_issues_review_guidelines_for_mac_app_store.html
...that's it, il'll get a vintage big blue logo for the Kadett, move back to Linux and am off the sinking ship. This is "California ueber alles" coming true.
I don't really get how confident you can be about this. They would lose a huge costumer base.
People, including myself, said the same thing about Apple switching to Intel back in the day.
But there's hope for all of us: Linux runs brilliantly on Apple hardware, so your MBP still is a good investment.
When Steven Jobs says the App store is the "preferred method" of Software deployment on MacOS from now on, what he really means is "will be the only one, come 10.8". As this means all software will have to comply to the App store rules we all know from the iPhone, Java (and Flash, by the way) will be of no concern for Apple users for much longer.
Just some of the rules for the App store:
-no buggy or beta Apps
-no demo versions (that blatantly rules out selling Shareware on the Mac!)
-no Apps that are "not very useful or do not provide any lasting entertainment value" (to whom?)
-no "Apps that encourage excessive consumption of alcohol or illegal substances, or encourage minors to consume alcohol or smoke cigarettes" (Good bye, Duke Nukem Forever!)
-no third-party installers allowed
-no "Apps containing pornographic material" (Good bye, Duke Nukem Forever - again!)
...and there's much more:
http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/10/10/20/apple_issues_review_guidelines_for_mac_app_store.html
...that's it, il'll get a vintage big blue logo for the Kadett, move back to Linux and am off the sinking ship. This is "California ueber alles" coming true.
I can still play any music I have acquired outside of the music store in iTunes. In fact I can even play purchased music on any AAC compatible player (pretty much everything now). To me the App Store looks a lot like Debian's Apt Get. You can download a whole host of apps from it, but still install stuff outside (yes Apt Get allows for third party sources, but most people don't use them).
Here is what I believe Apple's logic is.
We are making a lot of cash from the App Store. Developers love it because it promotes their apps and is a cheap distribution medium (yes 30% is cheap, for most software sales that figure is closer to 90% due to advertisement and sales infrastructure). Why don't we add that to Mac OS X?