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. ---- what was the point you were trying make using Karl as proof? LOL!!! Craig
