Re: How to update JRE?

["David Jones" <gnome@hawaii.rr.com>]

On 21 Jul 03, at 19:50, beolach@juno.com wrote:

> Before installing Sun's version of JRE, you might want to
> look into the differences between Sun's and Blackdown's
> JRE. As far as I understand it, if you use the latest
> version of Sun's JRE (1.4.2), it is the best choice, but
> if you want to use version 1.4.1 or older, you might need
> to use Blackdown if you want to use the plugins in
> Mozilla, if Mozilla was compiled with gcc ver. 3.x. A nice
> summary page is available at
> <http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/whichjava.html>.

I'll check into that. I do use Mozilla.

> But remember, this only applies to JRE 1.4.1 or older,
> with Sun's JRE 1.4.2 this is no longer an issue, and so
> Sun's JRE 1.4.2 will probably be your best choice, unless
> the program you want to run specifically says it will only
> work with an older version.

Thanks ... I've gotten increasingly-hostile responses 
from the author of the program, he basically is being 
very adament - Sun JRE 1.4.1 (although the instructions 
on his web page also say "or newer"). As far as he's 
concerned, Blackdown is a "cheap knockoff" and he 
refuses to have anything to do with it.

I think I'll go ahead and update to the JRE 1.4.2, and 
see if the program in question works. If it doesn't, Oh, 
well!

David
gnome@hawaii.rr.com

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