Do you still need to install Java?

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cyranodesade - 14 Mar 2007 19:07 GMT

All,
Sorry for the stupid question but I was wondering is Java still a
separate download when installing Vista or does Vista have the virtual
machine built into it? Thanks in advance. - CES

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John W. Kennedy - 14 Mar 2007 19:13 GMT

> All,
> Sorry for the stupid question but I was wondering is Java still a
> separate download when installing Vista or does Vista have the virtual
> machine built into it? Thanks in advance. - CES

Microsoft got caught deliberately including a broken version of Java in
Windows a few years ago. No one trusts them to do it now.

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cyranodesade - 14 Mar 2007 19:23 GMT

> > All,
> > Sorry for the stupid question but I was wondering is Java still a
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> -- G. K. Chesterton. "The Man Who Was Thursday"
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When I looked at the release notes for Java Runtime Environment
Version 5.0 Update 11 Vista is not listed as a supported OS... is this
the version to use or is there a better Beta version someware? - CES

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John W. Kennedy - 14 Mar 2007 20:41 GMT

>>> All,
>>> Sorry for the stupid question but I was wondering is Java still a
>>> separate download when installing Vista or does Vista have the virtual
>>> machine built into it? Thanks in advance. - CES

>> Microsoft got caught deliberately including a broken version of Java in
>> Windows a few years ago. No one trusts them to do it now.

> When I looked at the release notes for Java Runtime Environment
> Version 5.0 Update 11 Vista is not listed as a supported OS... is this
> the version to use or is there a better Beta version someware? - CES

6.0 has been out (and not beta) for some time, and definitely supports
Vista.

The 5.0 documentation doesn't list Vista because it's older than Vista.
But I notice that 5.0_11 has several bug fixes specifically aimed at
Vista, so Sun appears to have the intention of supporting it.

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