On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 10:04 AM, Denis A. Altoé Falqueto < denisfalqueto@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 10:38 AM, Thomas Dziedzic <gostrc@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 2:45 AM, KESHAV P.R. <skodabenz@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > >> On Wed, Jun 29, 2011 at 07:47, Thomas Dziedzic <gostrc@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > >> Sorry if this has been mentioned before, but is this about the binary > >> jre/jdk releases or the open source openjdk. I currently have openjdk6 > >> (and icedtea-web) installed in my system (x86_64) but did not find an > >> equivalent package for Java 7. Thanks in advance. > ... > > These are the binary jre/jdk releases. > > But the reference implementation from Oracle will be based on OpenJDK > > http://blogs.oracle.com/henrik/entry/moving_to_openjdk_as_the > > -- > A: Because it obfuscates the reading. > Q: Why is top posting so bad? > > ------------------------------------------- > Denis A. Altoe Falqueto > Linux user #524555 > ------------------------------------------- > have you read the comments on that page? http://blogs.oracle.com/henrik/entry/moving_to_openjdk_as_the#comment-1307902502754 I couldn't find a great link that explains it, but the main diffs are that jre/jdk provide proprietary extensions and provide better a better runtime experience. Note that reference implementation only means that it is a correct implementation of a specification and does not mean anything else.
