Java Widows vs. Linux

Net Llama! netllama
Mon May 17 12:02:18 PDT 2004


On Thu, 13 May 2004, Collins wrote:
> On Thu, 13 May 2004 08:50:12 -0400 (EDT)
> Net Llama! <netllama at linux-sxs.org> wrote:
>
> > On Thu, 13 May 2004, Collins wrote:
>
> > > It's a big joke that Java has been touted as write once, run
> > > anywhere. Does anyone know anything about the flavor of Java that is
> > > used with Windows and IE? My laptop uses Blackdown with Firefox.
> >
> > I don't think that windoze ships with any JDK (part of that whole Sun
> > vs. > M$ court case settlement).  Maybe you're confusing java with
> > javascript?
>
> I don't think so. The status area at the bottom of the browser has 'Applet running' messages, and I doubt that Javascript does that.

Did you install a JDK in windows?

>
> > > Anyone familiar with running Java on "the Mark of the Beast"?
> >
> > I try not to run anything on the mark of the beast, including the mark
> > of the beast.
> >
>
> Always the purist. The real world is different.

Not my real world.

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