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> 3) Deprecate all non-Apple-controlled apps on Macs by introducing the store Seriously? Providing an additional distribution platform declares that "non-Apple

• zmmmmm 16y ago
  You don't think that once established, the Apple software store will quickly become the preferred way to distribute software on the Mac? Any time a platform owner gives their official blessing to 3rd party software it gives a huge plus to that software. Hence why we have all kinds of Microsoft certification etc. you can do to have your app blessed. "Deprecated" may seem a little strong, but they are Job's own words that he used to simply describe the fact that Java will be provided by a third party: http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#releasenotes/Java/JavaSnowLeopardUpdate3LeopardUpdate8RN/NewandNoteworthy/NewandNoteworthy.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40010380-CH4-DontLinkElementID_2 http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#releasenotes/Java/Ja...
  • chc 16y ago
    I know people give Jobs credit for just about anything Apple does, but come on, he is not writing the release notes for minor OS releases. And what that release note says is that Apple's JVM is deprecated. Not even Apple is bold enough to deprecate an entire third-party programming language.