RE: Java problem

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Hi , resolved the problem , the symolink in the /etc/alternatives/java was mentioning to error place , recreate it and every thing work fine thanks
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> Date: Fri, 28 Dec 2007 21:42:09 -0800
> From: kam.leo@xxxxxxxxx
> To: fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: Java problem
> 
> On Dec 28, 2007 8:33 PM, Craig White  wrote:
>> On Fri, 2007-12-28 at 22:03 -0600, Les Mikesell wrote:
>>> Craig White wrote:
>>>
>>>>>>> Maybe there should be something in /etc/alternatives...
>>>>>> Or maybe no one should have ever shipped an imitation java that doesn't
>>>>>> meet the spec and called it java in the first place.
>>>
>>>> Of course the issue is and has always been Sun's restrictive licensing
>>>> and if it weren't for the 'imitation java' as you call it, Sun might
>>>> never have decided to migrate Java to GPL...but they still aren't
>>>> there...
>>>
>>> Why is the license an issue?  The distribution doesn't have to include
>>> everything to work with it.
>> ----
>> I know you are on CentOS list. You know that Sun requires idemnification
>> from anyone who redistributes their software which is why so few
>> redistribute their software. Then of course, there's the restriction
>> against using it in nuclear plants which apparently is enough to get
>> Fedora/RH to drop the pdftk (F8 users can rebuild from F7 src RPM).
>> ----
>>> OK, there's this thing called the internet, where you can get things
>>> from other places - places that are willing to distribute them.
>> ----
>> yeah...why don't you complain to them?
>> ----
>>>
>>>> Thus without the 'imitation java' (as you call
>>>> it), there wouldn't be a fully functioning OpenOffice.org, and no
>>>> Docbook XSL, no Tomcat, no Eclipse, etc.
>>>
>>> OK, I could live with those not working until I install a java that
>>> meets the official spec.
>> ----
>> OK - good for you. Are you suggesting that Fedora create a bunch more
>> Totem type situations? Are you suggesting that Fedora ship a broken
>> OpenOffice.org? Are you suggesting that the Eclipse environment not work
>> out of the box? Are you suggesting that the whole notion of
>> 'pre-requisite' packages go ignored where Java is concerned?
>>
>> Besides...I'm certain that you have a skill set that would allow you
>> completely remove the gcj version and install the Sun version so I fail
>> to see where you're harmed by the current setup.
>> ----
>>>> Thus with your logic, people would logically go to another distro that
>>>> either embraces restrictive licensed software or pisses on restrictive
>>>> licensing.
>>>
>>> How about one that respects both other companies licenses and their own
>>> users?  As in making Sun java work when installed?
>> ----
>> Isn't that Sun's job? There isn't a Sun java package available from any
>> Fedora package/respin/repository that I am aware of.
>> ----
>>>> So while it may feel useful to bemoan the 'imitation java' aka, GCJ
>>>> version, it provides most of the functionality...and last I checked,
>>>> even the Sun Java '64' couldn't run applets.
>>>
>>> I'm bemoaning calling it java.  If you don't ship a fully conforming
>>> java, don't execute it with the name java.  And isn't the 64-bit applet
>>> problem specific to Linux, not java?
>> ----
>> I don't know about Windows 64...it's not very popular you know and I am
>> not rushing out to get it myself. If Sun's Windows 64 bit version works
>> properly, it would be one of the few software packages that does.
>>
>> Craig
> 
> Stop being so fanboyish and an ingrate. You shout praises for Open
> Office but don't give credit to the donor of the source code. That's
> right, Sun. Without much of the Sun donated code the Linux desktop
> wouldn't be competitive with MS Office.
> 
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