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I wonder how much of the less than 6% market share Mac has is made up of Java developers?

I'd think they would want to hold on to as many users and advocates as they could.

Just came across this thread:

Apple clobbers the competition—Commentary: The carnage of Apple’s spectacular success

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Posted on Fri 24 Sep 2010 05:34:41 PM PST by Swordmaker

NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Apple Inc. is a Death Star. It pulls in most of what comes into its orbit and either overtakes or assimilates it.

The success of the company is particularly spectacular because it is largely a four-product enterprise, consisting of the iPad, iPod, Mac, and iPhone. It also produces a suite of supporting software that includes its OSX, the Safari browser, iTunes, and the App Store. These non-hardware products knit together the “iProduct” universe.

I wonder how much of the less than 6% market share Mac has is made up of Java developers?

Mac now has 10% market share in the US. And 25% of all current sales of client machines are Mac. With sales like that, the Mac will increase beyond 10% over the next year.

As for Java on the Mac, Oracle could easily provide a version for the Mac as it does for Windows, Linux, and Solaris. That would be up to Oracle in the future.