Reports of Apple deleting Java developer threads in its discussion boards

Apple is apparently silencing developers complaining about the missing Java 6 in their forums.

A user calling himself 'Blacky' writes:

Ontopic now: I'm disgusted about how apple handles developers, my eclipse is crashing on leopard, I don't hava java 6, I don't have any word if there ever will be one, ...

I posted on the thread on apple's own discussion board, the frecking thread got deleted!!!

Taking all this into account I wouldn't bet my money on the new Ruby and Python support, either. Just don't buy a shiny park of Mac Pro's for your developer shop, yet - as many Java folks once did. The buzzed up Xcode may look compelling to you today, but it might become unsupported before your first large development project even reaches the finish line. Listen to Jobs presenting his toys onstage, but better don't give too much about his promises to developers again.

No Java 6 in Leopard Retail!

Lousy news from Apple! Remember how they baited developers to the Mac platform by announcing most comprehensive Java support? How they advertised true interoperability for developers, which just happend to look much sexier on a Mac? How they showed off articels about running Eclipse and Netbeans almost natively looking on your Mac? All bullshit!

They are following Microsoft's path now and try to tie you to their flashy Xcode platform. That's a great tool if you're developing exclusively for a Mac - as Visual Studio is for Windows... But I'll dump both happily anytime for a fully loaded Eclipse - supported and steadily improved by a tremendous community! Java really evolved over the years into being my my most favorite and even beloved language. It is very stable, and scales exceptionally well, mostly due to its excellent support for multi threaded develeopment. How can threading get any easier than by using, for example, the excellent ThreadPools? As any language, it has its faults, but at the bottom line it has become so mature and extensive, that I don't want to miss it anymore. Shame on Apple for this scam!

Some may have forseen this. Tell me a longer developer preview than Java 6 for Mac OS X. But I would have at least expected, that they finally get their act together for Leopard's launch.

The following screenshot shows the final retail version of Leopard bluntly missing Java 6.