[Gvsig_english] gv_sig and future on mac os

[Chris Puttick]

Wow, the power that Mac has over its owners... Microsoft do not supply a Microsoft JavaVM either. Nor do any of the Linux vendors supply a Linux JavaVM. Apple not supplying one is not the end of the world. Nor would it add any weight to reasons to use Apple - it seems likely that eventually nothing cross-platform will be officially allowed on Apple hardware; what then? Only use applications that people port to Apple and charge you for their effort?

BTW, gvSIG OA Digital Edition is tested for the Mac. Ironically that will get easier once it is a standard JVM rather than an Apple tweaked one...

Chris

----- Original Message -----
> Hi Rafa,
> 
> Yes for the short term... but if you look at yesterday keynote, it
> look like apple will move away from java. No java program accepted in
> the mac store. Even if apple for now, allow developper to give their
> program in their site or others... that's a sign that in the next few
> years java have a big chance of following flash in the not allow
> solution in apple product.
> 
> So I wasn't aware that gv_sig not officially supported on mac.. I was
> mistaken someware because I was sure of the contrary. It's
> unfortunate to ear that no multiplatform support for gv_sig.
> 
> Good luck gv_sig team, but migration without longterm support is to
> risky ...
> 
> Maccel
> Le 10-10-21 à 10:59, Rafa Gaitan a écrit :
> 
> > Hi Maccel,
> >
> > On apple web page
> > (http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#releasenotes/Java/
> > JavaSnowLeopardUpdate3LeopardUpdate8RN/NewandNoteworthy/
> > NewandNoteworthy.html#//apple_ref/doc/uid/TP40010380-CH4-SW1)
> > says:
> >
> > "As of the release of Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 3, the version
> > of Java that is ported by Apple, and that ships with Mac OS X, is
> > deprecated.
> >
> > This means that the Apple-produced runtime will not be maintained at
> > the same level, and may be removed from future versions of Mac OS X.
> > The Java runtime shipping in Mac OS X 10.6 Snow Leopard, and Mac OS
> > X 10.5 Leopard, will continue to be supported and maintained through
> > the standard support cycles of those products."
> >
> > That's it, Apple will not give support or default installations for
> > Java. We need to wait until Oracle says something, maybe they will
> > give the necessary support. Apple is not closing the possibility of
> > a external installation of Java by Oracle (or maybe others).
> >
> > Anyway gvSIG is not officially supported on MacOSX, but we (gvSIG 3D
> > Team) are trying to release a new build soon with very nice bugfixes
> > based on gvSIG 1.10 + gvSIG 3D + Sextante with GDAL 1.7.2 + ECW +
> > SID.
> >
> > We have been working hard fixing some problems on 3D extension and
> > we hope get out the build soon for MacOSX and other platforms too.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Rafa.
> >
> >
> > 2010/10/21 gmail <pvmstg at gmail.com>:
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I know it's not for tomorrow. But since all indications point to
> >> the end of java program support on mac, do the fact that gv_sig is
> >> all java point to a dead end? Or at least a program working non
> >> natively only by hacking support of java (wich is not the best way
> >> to do)?
> >>
> >> Maccel
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> >
> >
> > -- Rafael Gaitán Linares
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