F19 no longer includes OpenJDK7-jre in the LiveCD :-(

[Fernando Cassia]

On Sat, Jul 20, 2013 at 7:35 AM, David <dgboles at gmail.com> wrote:
> most people don't need Java so it's space was
> replaced with something useful to many.

Please dont confuse "needing Java" with that myopic/biased view of
"Java as applets".

There's plenty of useful cross platform Java apps out there. I can
think of Jitsi, Vuze, Java Image Editor, muCommander... those are the
ones I often use, and there are others I keep in a pen drive like
Angry IP Scanner, Sweet Home 3D for ocassional use... just to name a
few. Not to mention the ability to run scripts written in any of the
many JVM languages like jython, JRuby, Scala and the like...

http://www.drdobbs.com/jvm/a-long-look-at-jvm-languages/240007765
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_JVM_languages

Just because you dont like Java it doesnt mean that nobody  likes and
uses OpenJDK. H*ck, last time I looked RedHat was one of the main
contributors to it...

http://www.redhat.com/summit/2012/pdf/2012-DevDay-OpenJDK-Bhole.pdf
...they even trumpet its OpenJDK7 performance
http://investors.redhat.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=754548

Even RedHat has its own JVM languaje that runs atop OpenJDK: Ceylon...
FC