There have been a veritable flurry of posts on the mailing list this weekend. A lot of this ended up being a rather fruitless discussion on whether Java 6 is actually useful, but it did seem that most developers agree that Apple's communication strategy makes no sense whatsoever and simply fuels feelings of neglect and disrespect. Apple could end this whole ordeal with a simple one-line statement.

This article

http://buzz.vox.com/library/post/interpreting-apple.html

provides some hope in the form that this mess is likely to be best explained by corporate inefficiency rather than pig-headed arrogance.

Here's to hoping.