As one Apple engineer noted, 'No one is stopping us - so we keep working on it.' As this API is part of the Java 2 specification, you can assume Apple is continuing to work on Java support. On the other hand, Apple engineers have pointed out at both the Macworld Expo in New York last month and at JavaOne that at this year's WWDC the keynote address included a demo of work done using the Java 2D API. Members were anxious to know what Apple will support and roughly what the timeframe might be. This lack of information caused quite a stir on the MRJ (Macintosh Runtime for Java) listserve.

He answered the first question he was asked at the press conference by saying that at Apple, 'we don't talk about future or unannounced software.who knows what we'll do in the future?' Most reporters shrugged and turned off their tape recorders.Īt the JavaOne session 'Java Technology at Apple,' Steve Naroff, Apple's director of Java and Core Tools, took a lot of questions from the floor about Apple's lack of support for Java 2, but he was unwilling to say when or if Apple would support Java 2 and on which Mac operating systems the latest Java platform would be supported. Mac users and developers would like to know the future of Java on the Mac, but at the press conference Jobs immediately squelched any questions about what to expect next from Apple in any area. So far Apple has had nothing official to say about its commitment to Java 2. Perhaps the 'where's the Java' question was better answered at the press conference later in the day at Macworld.

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