On 28-06-2002 01:47 Kent West wrote:
Thanks for everyone's input. I think I'll go the Sun route. Anyone
have any idea why Sid's isn't up-to-date? Is it a "freedom" issue? If
so, does Sun not realize they are hurting the spread of Java by not
making it truly free?
In what way? The SDK is freely downloadable. Are you expecting more...?
At least, AFAIK, the J2SE is basically free. Well, did I miss
something? (Usually, there's a delay about 5 seconds before I hit the
"Accept" button at the Sun's Java SDK download page.)
I believe that Sun provides everything in the distribution; so for the
native libraries, they are also included in the SDK. Basically, all you
need to to to run Java is by downloading the SDK and setting up the
JAVA_HOME.
BTW, pay attentions to the beta versions though; lately I had problems
using the 1.3.x beta, the JVM leaked slowly (in the end, the system was
busily killing the JVMs, and eventually, crashed). So for long running
programs (daemons), it is advisable to use the release versions;
meaning, stick to the latest release versions, even if you want to stay
in the edge.
Oki
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