Originally posted by: BCYL
Didnt MS say they were going to stop supporting Java altogether?
Originally posted by: AmigaMan
what are you talking about? Sun is the inventor of Java. Download the JRE (Java Runtime Environment) and it should work automagically. Any applets that are embedded in the webpages I go to work just fine.
Originally posted by: Trevelyan
There was some lawsuit thing between Microsoft and Sun microsystems... basically, Microsoft can't let you have it for free from them now, and I'm pretty sure when you do that "online update" when first installing Windows XP (before it's done installing) it removes the installation files for JVM.
Kinda sucks... oh well.
Originally posted by: apoppin
Originally posted by: Trevelyan
There was some lawsuit thing between Microsoft and Sun microsystems... basically, Microsoft can't let you have it for free from them now, and I'm pretty sure when you do that "online update" when first installing Windows XP (before it's done installing) it removes the installation files for JVM.
Kinda sucks... oh well.
Here are the terms of the settlement: Without admiting any wrong doing . . . MS pays Sun $20 mil and agrees to Sun's injunction![]()