Apple has gone to the same general distribution scheme for Java as they've implemented for themselves with Lion, Xcode, and many other pieces. Download it when

Apple has gone to the same general distribution scheme for Java as they've implemented for themselves with Lion, Xcode, and many other pieces. Download it when you need it, and download the newest bits. (The Java download is certainly not as integrated as the Mac App Store stuff, but then the Xcode download that is in the Mac App Store is also a little weird, too. Download on demand, or whatever you want to call it.) What's more interesting (to me) is the remote satellite boot that's now feasible during Lion recovery (where your Mac can boot off software loaded from Apple's servers via the Internet), and additions such as the ability to perform a recovery boot that can go as far as to launch Safari and get to the Internet to access services or to research whatever has caused me to be in the recovery path. This certainly looks to be an operating system that's moving out onto the web/cloud/Internet.