title: Java on Mac OS X Server: game over?
body: <p>As a developer currently working on a Web app that uses a Java/Tomcat backend, <a href="http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#releasenotes/Java/JavaSnowLeopardUpdate3LeopardUpdate8RN/NewandNoteworthy/NewandNoteworthy.html" rel="nofollow">the recent announcement by Apple to deprecate Java</a> is causing me some consternation. Mainly because I'm planning on hosting this Web app on Mac OS X Server (already on 10.5, soon to be on 10.6).</p>
  
  <p>From <a href="http://www.appleoutsider.com/2010/10/22/java/" rel="nofollow">http://www.appleoutsider.com/2010/10/22/java/</a>:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Since the Intel transition, building a server VM for Darwin is almost trivial.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>Is this actually true? Is there a document somewhere that describes how to build a headless Java VM for Mac OS X Server?</p>