On Mon, 2006-10-30 at 09:11 -0500, Joe Klemmer wrote: > > > > Well, that doesn't stop you from /using/ an open-sourced Java on Linux > > (although there could well be problems linking it with glibc). The main > > issue with the Solaris licence is that it means that Solaris code can't > > make it into the Linux kernel. > > For another take on this... > > Often I will install many different JVM's just so I can have the option > to use the one that works best for the situation. I install them > in /opt when I can and then use a collection of simlinks to pick and > choose the JVM I want to use. Doesn't that sort-of assume that you are the only user and doing only one thing at once on this multi-user, multi-tasking OS (i.e. not a reasonable assumption for everyone)? -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
