Can Java just shoot me?

[Ed Greshko]

Tom Horsley wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 21:52:20 -0500
> David Boles <dgboles at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Duh? This took about 10 seconds.
>>
>> Start here. Follow the prompts. Either one goes to the same page.
>>
>> http://tinyurl.com/29ktre
>> https://sdlc4e.sun.com/ECom/EComActionServlet;jsessionid=60B8217CD6937C7D378EAE0D0B30D57A
> 
> Yea, it takes about 10 seconds starting from that page, but how
> do you know how to find that page starting from java.sun.com?
> There are 15,000 potential paths to follow with no roadsigns :-).
> For that matter, how do I know I need a jre rather than a jdk
> (I've seen both tossed around on web pages about installing
> java).

I suspect the acronym JRE=Java Runtime Environment clues in some folks.


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