“Java’s not worth building in. Nobody uses Java anymore. It’s this big heavyweight ball and chain.”
– Steve Jobs in an interview as reported in “Ultimate iPhone FAQs List, Part 2“, New York Times, January 13, 2007
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“Java’s not worth building in. Nobody uses Java anymore. It’s this big heavyweight ball and chain.”
– Steve Jobs in an interview as reported in “Ultimate iPhone FAQs List, Part 2“, New York Times, January 13, 2007
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January 19, 2007 at 12:18 am
Dmitri Nesteruk
I agree. Java is over and done with. Say hello to .NET.
January 19, 2007 at 7:51 am
myusri
Don’t get me wrong. I love .NET too (and Java) but in the context of iPhone, I don’t think Steve Jobs would want .NET either. I wonder what he would have said if the interviewer asked about .NET on iPhone. The thing is Java is pretty prevalent on mobile phones. But then from what I have heard, he will not allow any applications to be downloaded into the iPhone. Only Apple-sanctioned applications, thank you.
June 19, 2008 at 1:06 pm
Liberian
Somehow i missed the point. Probably lost in translation
Anyway … nice blog to visit.
cheers, Liberian.