The IBM java 13 beta fails on latest redhat distribution with 'out of memory' error. This happens immediately when java is started or heap changed. Any quick fix? By the way, running the beta on SuSe, the user provided execution times compared to other platforms. These are rough comparisons. - desktop - initial heap 200M - real 0m18.918s user 0m17.940s sys 0m1.510s - Sun chassis7 - initial heap 350M - real 29s user 9s sys 0.4s -Mainframe(Linux virtual machine) - initial heap 350M - Blackdown 1.2 real 4m45.313s user 4m36.600s sys 0m3.090s IBM Java2 13 beta real 0m49.128s user 0m36.500s sys 0m6.830s