Java problem

[Alan Cox]

On Sat, 29 Dec 2007 15:55:50 -0600
Les Mikesell <lesmikesell at gmail.com> wrote:

> David Boles wrote:
> 
> >> Real _what_?  If you execute java in fedora, you'll get something that
> >> is not java and won't successfully execute many java programs.
> > 
> > So use something else. You do know how to add and remove rpm packages
> > right?  ;-)
> > 
> > Ah come on Les. You know why they don't include Sun's Java. For pretty
> > much the same reason they don't include your beloved codecs. Non FOSS.
> 
> Errr, no, this time is it because they want you to buy RHEL with support 

Actually for Red Hat it is because Java was non-free. There are various
third party products bundled alongside RHEL which businesses demand which
are non-free.

> the baroque locations that java is expected to live on RH/fedora to the 
> place that the official distribution puts it if it makes you happy.

The Sun package is produced by Sun, they choosoe to put it in /usr/java.