does MS Java VM = JRE from Sun?

[Busie23]

I know Microsoft is discontinuing the MS Java VM in a few years, so I was wondering if the regular JRE package will sufice? Has anyone ran into any problems where the VM had something JRE didn't have or vice versa?

 

[MrChad]

Microsoft discontinued their VM a year or so ago. You should use the Sun JVM, which is generally more stable than its Microsoft counterpart.

There are some applets out there that will only work correctly with the Microsoft VM, but these have become few and far between now that Microsoft has stopped shipping their VM with Windows XP.

 

[Kilrsat]

You lose the Microsoft packages that they slapped onto the java language.

You gain actual compliance with standards and every addition to the java language since version 1.0.8 (currently up to 1.5, so yes, this is important).

 

[kamper]

I'm trying out BEA's JRockit right now. Supposedly much faster on intel hardware (also fully 1.5 compliant, so far as I'm aware)

 

[znaps]

to answer the thread title question, no -

MS Java VM = Satan's manifestation in the Java world. Any Applet or App out there for the general public to run should be fully compatible with Sun's JRE.