"jian yang" <oaktree00_21@yahoo.com> wrote in message 20020306223206.85669.qmail@web13107.mail.yahoo.com">news:20020306223206.85669.qmail@web13107.mail.yahoo.com... the > one on RedHat6.1 is j2sdk-1.2.2...., the one on > windows machine is j2sdk-1.3..... > Could the j2sdk version difference cause the > application to run slower ? or any other ideas ? Absolutely does the version of the java runtime affect the speed. In particular, the java1.3 jdk includes the hotspot optimizer. -- Rex Dieter Computer System Administrator Department of Mathematics and Statistics University of Nebraska Lincoln