Re: No java?

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From: Ernie Lane (elane1_at_tampabay.rr.com)
Date: 03/02/04 

Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2004 19:40:05 GMT

That link takes me to the same place as I tried. At least this time it
started to download, but crapped out half way through with a Server Error -
Java Installer: "The server has not found anything matching the requested
URI (Uniform Resource Identifier)." I haven't the slightest idea what that
means, or whether that partial installation means now I am really messed up.
Can't Sun get it right?

"Tim Slattery" <Slattery_T@bls.gov> wrote in message
news:f6h940hso41pvd8tje2jq7cu4578jriors@4ax.com...
> "Ernie Lane" <elane1@tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
>
> >I just went to a local radio station's website to listen to a program
being
> >streamed over the Internet. This was the first time I had done so with a
> >new Windows XP computer, and I was surprised to be told that I had to
> >download a Java runtime thing first. I thought Windows XP was pretty
> >complete.
>
> Microsoft lost a lawsuit filed against them by Sun, the originators of
> Java, and as a result they no longer distribute a Java Virtual Machine
> (JVM). No matter, you can get the latest Sun JVM easily here:
> http://java.sun.com/getjava
>
> --
> Tim Slattery
> MS MVP(DTS)
> Slattery_T@bls.gov
>

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