[philwelch]

Things to ponder... Could Apple be trying to throw a wet towel on doing Java development for other platforms (Android in particular)?

No, because Android already distributes an SDK for Mac, and can easily deploy whatever Java stuff they need along with it: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

* Of course if they're wanting more of a closed system, they're probably also aware that some of the more popular peer to peer apps use Java too. (Limewire / Frostwire, Vuze / Azureus). Between not being allowed on the store, Java probably not being installed by default soon, and questionable robustness of future Java options, they've thrown a wet towel on the sharing apps too.*

Transmission, the best BitTorrent client, runs natively on Mac.