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Old 04-03-2007, 12:00 PM
Robert Moir
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Re: Microsoft Java? Is it available in Vista? (not sun java!)


"Jacob2000" <Jacob2000@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:99579657-2555-4E1D-AC84-7AFFC2B74F8A@microsoft.com...[color=blue]
> Sun Java is simply not an option! I already contacted my companies
> support
> and they use Microsoft Java! I have both installed, but have to switch to
> MS
> java, reboot and then loginto my companies site to do my work from home.
> Then if I want to use SUN JAVA, I click it, reboot and then I can use it!
> But my issue, and the whole reason for my question is:
>
> Will MS Java work on Vista, if I install the same one that came with XP?[/color]

I doubt it. I certainly hope not. While I appreciate the pain you are
feeling, the Microsoft JVM used to be a reasonable choice but has been
obsolete for so long that it is now relatively speaking an awful item of
code. It's _very_ insecure and absolutely does not support the current JAVA
platform specs at all properly.


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Old 04-03-2007, 12:00 PM