Java Solution

[Les Mikesell]

Karl Larsen wrote:

>>> 2. Next the small wimpy java 1.51 which is of no use to a serious 
>>> java user should not be made available to the user.Instead there 
>>> should be dummy /usr/java/default/bin/java file which will print out 
>>> "Java not installed" if you press java in a Terminal. There needs to 
>>> be a link between /etc/alternatives/java to /usr/java/default/bin/java.
>>
>> Most "Serious java users" ie corporations are using either 1.4 (as we 
>> are at work) or 1.5, so stop speaking of something you know nothing 
>> about. Hardly anyone is using 1.6 commercially yet. And they're the 
>> people who are "serious users", not people trying to run applets in 
>> their browsers...
>>
>    Why lie about what I KNOW? I tried to install jedit with the 1.5 on 
> F8 and it just spit out error messages. Then I bit the bullet and 
> installed what Sun Inc said is right and jedit works SUPER.
> 
> That is fact not you GUESS.

You are comparing 1.5 apples to 1.6 oranges.  The 1.5 you tried was not 
Sun java, and jedit probably works just fine with Sun Java 1.5 as well 
as the 1.6 you installed.

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   Les Mikesell
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