Where to download JRE 1.6.0?

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Peter Christensen - 03 Feb 2007 02:08 GMT

I just wonder, why they are still distributing JRE 1.5.0_10 on www.java.com.

I now use JRE 1.6.0 (JRE 6), which I downloaded together with the new Java
Development Kit (JDK 1.6.0) from java.sun.com. I would like my user to
update to JRE 1.6.0 also, but he shouldn't really have to download JDK 1.6.0
too, because he is just using the program and not a programmer.

Are there anybody who knows, why they still have JRE 1.5.0_10 on
www.java.com, and where JRE 1.6.0 can be downloaded without the JDK? -Maybe
it's just a matter of days before java.com is updated, so JRE 1.6.0 can be
downloaded?

Rgds,
Pete C
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bugnthecode - 03 Feb 2007 02:53 GMT

On Feb 2, 6:08 pm, "Peter Christensen" <p...@peterchristensen.eu>
wrote:

> I just wonder, why they are still distributing JRE 1.5.0_10 onwww.java.com.
>
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> Why not have a *free* copy of StarOffice (SO7)? Try here :http://www.avanquest.fr/absoft/produits/promotion/enregistrement_pres...

You can direct your user to http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp
where he looks for "Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6" and clicks
"Download" this will take you to the license agreement etc..

I'm not exactly sure why the front page wasn't updated to show the new
jre, probably because the 1.6 is so new and hardly any one really
requires it, especially when a lot of companies (mine included) are
still using 1.4 and earlier.

Hope that helps,
Will

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Peter Christensen - 03 Feb 2007 08:06 GMT

> On Feb 2, 6:08 pm, "Peter Christensen" <p...@peterchristensen.eu>
> wrote:

...

> You can direct your user to http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp
> where he looks for "Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6" and clicks
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> Hope that helps,
> Will

That helped, thank you.

Rgds,
Pete C

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Robert Kochem - 03 Feb 2007 10:54 GMT

Peter Christensen schrieb:

> Are there anybody who knows, why they still have JRE 1.5.0_10 on
> www.java.com, and where JRE 1.6.0 can be downloaded without the JDK?

http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp
"Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6"

Robert

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Pete C - 03 Feb 2007 14:33 GMT

> Peter Christensen schrieb:
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> Robert

Thanks, that all I have to say...

Pete C

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David Kerber - 03 Feb 2007 19:53 GMT

Why not download it direct from Sun? You can find pretty much any
version there, including all the way back to 1.3.

> I just wonder, why they are still distributing JRE 1.5.0_10 on www.java.com.
>
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> Rgds,
> Pete C

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Dieter Bender - 04 Feb 2007 09:15 GMT

because there is no version for as400, neither 1.6, nor any other

> Why not download it direct from Sun? You can find pretty much any
> version there, including all the way back to 1.3.

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John W. Kennedy - 04 Feb 2007 19:54 GMT

>> Why not download it direct from Sun? You can find pretty much any
>> version there, including all the way back to 1.3.

> because there is no version for as400, neither 1.6, nor any other

And what has that to do with java.com, which also doesn't support the
AS/400? If you want Java for zSeries, iSeries, or pSeries, you go to
IBM. If you want Java for MacOS X, you go to Apple.

On the other hand, it appears that java.com is owned by Sun, who I
suppose really should upgrade it from 1.5.10 to 1.6.0.

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