If you look at super early OS X documents, it&#x27;s interesting to see how highly regarded the Java development platform was held. For example:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;developer.apple.com&#x2F;library&#x2F;mac&#x2F;documentation&#x2F;Porting&#x2F;Conceptual&#x2F;PortingUnix&#x2F;environments&#x2F;environments.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;developer.apple.com&#x2F;library&#x2F;mac&#x2F;documentation&#x2F;Portin...</a><p>Here, Java is a peer of Carbon and Cocoa.<p>Also, IIRC, on the original OS X reveal presentation, Jobs flagged Java as deeply, natively integrated in a way that no other OS had done before (surely this is available on youtube but don&#x27;t have a link handy)<p>It would almost seem like they were betting half the farm on Java. I find it fascinating how fast Java was alienated from the mac given its initial deep embed. Even today, Oracle&#x27;s JVM for OS X installs into the dedicated &#x2F;Library&#x2F;JavaVirtualMachines folder, something I&#x27;ve never seen anywhere else.