Re: Installing Java

[D-Man <dsh8290@rit.edu>]

On Sun, Jul 15, 2001 at 06:08:49PM -0700, Nicole Zimmerman wrote:
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| As far as java itself goes, there are blackdown java 2 packages at:

Yeah, Sun didn't want to pay to make a Linux JDK so instead the
Blackdown people agreed to sign NDAs with Sun for the privilege to
create Linux binaries.  It is non-free because the NDAs prevent the
Blackdown people from releasing any of the source.  I believe that if
you go to Sun's site and try to download a Linux jdk you get the
result of the Blackdown people's work.

-D