"We're delighted to be working with Oracle to insure that there continues to be a great version of Java on the Mac," said Bertrand Serlet, Apple's senior vice president of Software Engineering. Combined with last month's announcement of IBM joining the OpenJDK, the project now has the backing of three of the biggest names in software." The Java developer community can rest assured that the leading edge Java environment will continue to be available on Mac OS X in the future. "The availability of Java on Mac OS X plays a key role in the cross-platform promise of the Java platform. "We are excited to welcome Apple as a significant contributor in the growing OpenJDK community," said Hasan Rizvi, Oracle's senior vice president of Development. OpenJDK will make Apple's Java technology available to open source developers so they can access and contribute to the effort. Apple will contribute most of the key components, tools and technology required for a Java SE 7 implementation on Mac OS X, including a 32-bit and 64-bit HotSpot-based Java virtual machine, class libraries, a networking stack and the foundation for a new graphical client.
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REDWOOD SHORES and CUPERTINO, California-November 12, 2010-Oracle and AppleĀ® today announced the OpenJDK project for Mac OSĀ® X.
It's a good thing, too, because Java is still widely used for writing applications that need to be easily deployed across a multitude of platforms. You can read the full press release below, but the practical upshot is that Java on the Mac is far from being dead. It seems Oracle (who bought Sun and thus Java back in 2009) and Apple are going to support the OpenJDK project going forward.
Were you worried about Apple's commitment to Java? Today's press release from Cupertino may make you feel a little better.