If you are working with Java on OS X, then you are probably aware of 13949712720901ForOSX , a call for Apple to support Java 6 on Mac OS X Leopard . My personal take on this (stressing the personal - despite my highly exalted position at Sun I have no insider knowledge) is that Java 6 was in Leopard at some point in time (witness the Java 6 developer preview download at ADC - long gone now). Apple put resources into iPhone at the expense of Leopard . I reckon that Java 6 was cut to bring in Leopard's
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