java, where is it ?

James Kosin jkosin at beta.intcomgrp.com
Thu Apr 13 18:59:26 UTC 2006


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Marcel Janssen wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I upgraded my 64bit system to FC5 and I'm unable to start java apps.
> I know that Fedora has the open source java included so I want to try
it, but
> can't find which package contains the java binary.
>
> Anyone knows ?
>
> regards,
> Marcel
>
This is really a LONG story.....

Short Version
(1)  Sun filed a lawsuit against Linux & Microsoft
(2)  Sun won the lawsuit and all parties came to a compromise.
(3)  Sun is now the sole source for the complete JAVA system.

** Yes, I know you can get it through extras  And there are many RPM
distributions cropping back up.**

- --James

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