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Re:Oracle slashes 30k jobs with a cold 6 a.m. email by adolph on Tuesday March 31, 2026 @01:00PM (#47590297)
> entire backend for iTunes (Jingle) was written in Java

Wasn't that because iTunes started out as a NextStep WebObjects application? WebObjects started on Objective C, transitioned to a framework for Java in early 2000's, came to Apple with the Next acquisition.

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