Oracle and Apple Announce OpenJDK Project for OSX

[kappa]

Just in

http://blogs.oracle.com/henrik/2010/11/oracle_and_apple_announce_openjdk_project_for_osx.html

IBM + Oracle + Apple combo

[princec]

That’s more like it.

Cas

[h3ckboy]

hahah, I read about that on engadget and thought “no doubt its already on javagaming hahaha, I’ll have to go check”

and Im not dissapointed.

[elias4444]

Best news I’ve heard about Java in a while!! ;D ;D ;D

[SimonH]

Excellent news!

[Mr_Gol]

Why didn’t those idiots announce it earlier?! It would have saved them lots of negative publicity.

More details from what they will be contributing:

W00t!
http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/11/12openjdk.html

Thank you everyone for the kind words. As Henrik mentions at http://blogs.oracle.com/henrik/2010/11/oracle_and_apple_announce_openjdk_project_for_osx.html, it has been a long road getting to this point, but I’m glad that we can now make the Java implementation on Mac OS X a public open source project.

We are still working out the details of exactly who will commit what where and into what tree, so please bear with us as we sort out how the initial commit will land, where to report bugs, mailing lists, etc.

To set expectations, the first drop will be effectively a “SoyLatte”-level implementation, but is packaged as a Universal Mac OS X .jdk bundle that can be dropped directly into /Library/Java/JavaVirtualMachines. Over the coming weeks and months, we will be adding pieces and parts of our Java SE 6 implementation to the public project, and will cut over from using an X11-based AWT to a Cocoa NSEvent-based one with a new OpenGL-backed graphics layer.

There are several parts of our Java SE 6 implementation (like the AWT widgets) that are not contributable, in much the same way that several parts of Oracle’s implementation are not. However, the vast majority of our Swing Aqua Look and Feel implementation is, as well as the eAWT/eIO API. We intend to host the legacy AWT widget set using lightweight peers, but that work is still in progress.

Cheers all, we look forward to working with you in public!
Mike Swingler
Java Engineering
Apple Inc.

[Matzon]

[quote]Apple: we don’t want to invest resources in maintaining java anymore
Oracle: please?
Apple: No!
Oracle: Can we get your stuff then?
Apple: Perhaps …
Oracle: Yes?
Apple: We have an issue with the Android train - we need to slow its momentum…
Oracle: Sure no problem. Consider it done!
[/quote]

[TheAnalogKid]

[quote]Why didn’t those idiots announce it earlier?! It would have saved them lots of negative publicity.
[/quote]
So true!

Yes that’s excellent news! Related to JVM anoncements, I fear what Oracle will do with their plan to release 2 separate JVMs: one of them free and the other offering better performance (HotSpot + JRockit).

[sws26]

@TheAnalogKid

So true!

Yes that’s excellent news! Related to JVM anoncements, I fear what Oracle will do with their plan to release 2 separate JVMs: one of them free and the other offering better performance (HotSpot + JRockit).

http://blogs.sun.com/theaquarium/entry/the_story_of_a_tweet

[Nate]

Booo, OSX.