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Re: Silly simply question

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From	justaguy <donli@yahoo.com>
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Subject	Re: Silly simply question
Date	Thu, 8 Dec 2011 09:46:19 -0800 (PST)
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On Dec 8, 12:17 pm, Tom Anderson <t...@urchin.earth.li> wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Dec 2011, justaguy wrote:
> > First, I'm not a java programmer.  But the app server (open source) that
> > my app runs on requires java, and it comes with two versions of with jre
> > or without jre, and I'm porting my app to Mac, the jre is 78MB, pretty
> > big file size wise, question, so, if most Mac computers have java
> > installed already I don't need to bundle it with jre and if not I need
> > to, your thoughts?  Thanks.
>
> I think all versions of OS X come with Java; the question is, what
> version.
>
> What you'll need to do is find out what versions of the JRE your app
> server is compatible with; both the lowest version it will work with, and
> perhaps the highest version. Then you'll need to decide what versions of
> OS X you want to support. Then you'll need to find out what versions of
> Java shipped with each of those versions of OS X. Then, you'll be able to
> see if there are any versions of OS X that have versions of Java that your
> app server won't work with.
>
> If there are, you can make a choice between (a) not supporting those
> versions, (b) shipping the JRE as part of your app, (c) requiring users of
> those versions to install a separate JRE, or (d) requiring users to
> download a different version of your app which includes its own JRE.
>
> I know early version of OS X lagged far behind in their Java releases.
> It's been pretty good in the last few years, though.
>
> tom
>
> --
> The best way I know of to win an argument is to start by being in the
> right. -- Lord Hailsham

Tom, thank you for the excellent answer, it got me started on the
right track with Mac and Java.  Much appreciated.  Don

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Silly simply question justaguy <donli@yahoo.com> - 2011-12-08 08:42 -0800
  Re: Silly simply question Tom Anderson <twic@urchin.earth.li> - 2011-12-08 17:17 +0000
    Re: Silly simply question justaguy <donli@yahoo.com> - 2011-12-08 09:46 -0800
  Re: Silly simply question Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2011-12-08 23:03 -0800

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