Both the Linux and Windows versions of the J2SDK are available not open-source, but free of charge, from java.sun.com. There are open-source equivalents available from freshmeat.net and sourceforge if this is important to you. Just look up java from either one of those sites. Lorenzo The most important design issue... is the fact that Linux is supposed to be fun... -- Linus Torvalds at the First Dutch International Symposium on Linux Igor Gueths staggered into view and mumbled: > I thought the development tools weren't free? I could be wrong on this. > > May you code in the power of the source, > may the kernel, libraries, and utilities be with you, > throughout all distributions until the end of the epoch. > > On Fri, 23 May 2003, Doug wrote: > > > But wait ... JavaScript is NOT Java ... you can install > > the JDK (J2SE) on either windows or linux, and do ALL > > of your programming in emacs. The only hitch is GUI apps > > and there is an accessibility API. Don't confuse Java > > with Java Script, they are not the same animal ... > > > > -- Doug > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Speakup mailing list > > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Speakup mailing list > Speakup at braille.uwo.ca > http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup >