Re: linux distribution preinstall java

1999-08-21 Thread Martin Schröder
On 1999-08-19 12:34:55 +0100, Rachel Greenham wrote: > Martin Schröder wrote: > > On 1999-08-18 16:46:33 -0700, J.P.Lewis wrote: > > > I heard that Redhat says that they can't for licensing reasons. > > > On the other hand, I believe that Mandrake includes blackdown > > > on the applications cd. >

Re: linux distribution preinstall java

1999-08-21 Thread J.P.Lewis
> SuSE has the JDK. SuSE 6.0 has the 1.1.7 JDK I think, and the JRE, no > version of 1.2 though. I don't know about 6.2. RedHat does not yet include any version of blackdown. --- j.p.lewis

Re: linux distribution preinstall java

1999-08-19 Thread William Gallafent
On Thu, 19 Aug 1999, J.P.Lewis wrote: > I think we should lobby a couple of the major linux distributions > to include blackdown on their CDs. Most developers have a fast > net connection, but downloading and correctly installing java > is quite an effort if all you have is a modem connection. T

Re: linux distribution preinstall java

1999-08-19 Thread Rachel Greenham
Martin Schröder wrote: > > On 1999-08-18 16:46:33 -0700, J.P.Lewis wrote: > > I heard that Redhat says that they can't for licensing reasons. > > On the other hand, I believe that Mandrake includes blackdown > > on the applications cd. > > > > Does anyone know what the issue is? Is the licensing

Re: linux distribution preinstall java

1999-08-19 Thread Martin Schröder
On 1999-08-18 16:46:33 -0700, J.P.Lewis wrote: > I heard that Redhat says that they can't for licensing reasons. > On the other hand, I believe that Mandrake includes blackdown > on the applications cd. > > Does anyone know what the issue is? Is the licensing problem > true even of the jre? The

linux distribution preinstall java

1999-08-18 Thread J.P.Lewis
I think we should lobby a couple of the major linux distributions to include blackdown on their CDs. Most developers have a fast net connection, but downloading and correctly installing java is quite an effort if all you have is a modem connection. I heard that Redhat says that they can't for l