you don't need the whole jdk to get the java plugin, just the JRE, which is
5MB for the english only version. Still pretty big, but not quite 18mb.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Nuno
> Ferreira
> Sent: 28 March 2001 11:08
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [Dynapi-Dev] Loading External Content (Remote Scripting)
>
>
>       >My thought on this (the 18mb java VM download)
>       >is this: The liekly hood of someone getiing away with NOT
> downloading the
> VM
>       >and yet still enjoying free access to all they love on the
> net is very
> slim.
>
>       >The odds are pretty good that 8 in 10 users will have to
> DL the VM sooner
> or
>       >later,
>       >or just give up surfing (like that'll happen)
>
> I don't think this is true. I've never consciously downloaded VM
> and do not
> use it,
> and I'm certain that all 15 persons in my company don't use it at
> home too.
> At my office I don't have it installed, and only two of the
> servers have it
> (in a total
> of 6 machines) for development purposes.
>
> I would like to know where you get those stats though... :)
>
> best,
>
> NunoF
>
>
>
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