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Old 25-06-02, 01:03 PM   #16
BuzzB2K
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Default Re: The Java vs. .NET debate - My 2 cents

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Originally posted by Stoepsel
@Merijn and BuzzB2K:
Wouldn't you want/have to install the 'official' Sun JDK or JRE in any case? Microsoft is known to try to screw up and undermine the Java standards set by Sun and go their own ways. And I doubt that WinXP comes with a recent version of the JRE that would be able to run FURIAA.

Hope I didn't offend any Microsoft supporters. Everything is IMHO of course, so go ahead, flame me , see if I care .

Stoepsel
The version MS providing (install on demand) is their old MSJavx86 from 1997

I have j2re-1_4_0-win installed instead...

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