Java Solution

[Les Mikesell]

Craig White wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-01-03 at 16:40 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote:
>> 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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> what was the point you were trying make using Karl as proof?  LOL!!!

That this stuff should work as shipped.

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  Les Mikesell
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