Java problem

Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com
Thu Jan 3 16:42:05 UTC 2008


Craig White wrote:

>>>>>   
>>>>     You guys are both wrong. Fedora does ship F7 and F8 with a small 
>>>> java version 1.5 which is too old for newer java programs, and that 
>>>> broken icedtea that does nothing good. But light at the end of the 
>>>> tunnel. Fedora can make the necessary changes to their design to allow 
>>>> the method given on the Sun Site to work. I have been doing the work. 
>>>> Look at my new messages on java.
>>> ----
>>> nice of you to weigh in on something you know absolutely nothing about.
>> On the contrary - he has given the definitive 'user experience' of java 
>> on fedora.  He knows exactly what that experience is.  You may be right 
>> that it shouldn't be that way...
> ----
> ROFLMAO!!!
> 
> Seriously though, you can't hide behind Karl to make the point that
> people are confused because if that were true, we'd all be using
> Windows.

Errr... What universe are you in?  That's the problem I'd really like to 
see solved - and the reason I keep harping about usability (and GPL) 
problems.

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   Les Mikesell
    lesmikesell at gmail.com




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