Re: JVM Doesnt load......

From: Bob Horvath (bhorvath13_at_comcast.net)
Date: 03/02/04 

Date: Mon, 01 Mar 2004 22:35:51 -0500

On Mon, 1 Mar 2004 19:19:42 -0800, Bob Horvath wrote:
Hi Jim,
   Thanks for the reply. Another question: I know that you can have
both installed, but can you have them both activated at the same time
in Options, Advanced. Ant reason to or not to?
Bob

>Hi Bob - Well, the answer is kinda "Yes and No". What's happened is tha MS
>"extended" Java by adding some custom stuff (that's in part what the law
>suit was about). The problem is that many folks have utilized these
>extensions in designing their sites, and consequently some of these sites
>won't render correctly (or at least not fully correctly) using the Sun VM.
>However, as time goes by there are both fewer of such sites and more
>capability being added to Sun's Java, which mitigates the problem. A lot of
>people survive quite well with the Sun VM alone. I normally run with just
>the Sun VM and switch when very occasionally I need to render one of these
>'peculiar' sites. And that's why I keep both isntalled. :) NET is MS's
>answer to Java, and we'll just have to see how it all play's out in the
>future.

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