Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!weretis.net!feeder1.news.weretis.net!feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed6.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!xlned.com!feeder3.xlned.com!feeder.news-service.com!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: supercalifragilisticexpialadiamaticonormalizeringelimatisticantations Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Is there a file limit size of 2GB in JDK 1.5 Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2011 05:46:00 -0400 Organization: supercalifragilisticexpialadiamaticonormalizeringelimatisticantations Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: <4e77f588$0$314$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <4e7a8087$0$281$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> <4e7bdfa9$0$286$14726298@news.sunsite.dk> NNTP-Posting-Host: dfnsu02TyBG8FRBIc0q24w.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: WinVN 0.99.12z (x86 32bit) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:8231 On 22/09/2011 9:23 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote: > On 9/22/2011 9:01 AM, > supercalifragilisticexpialadiamaticonormalizeringelimatisticantations > wrote: >> On 21/09/2011 8:25 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote: >>> supercalifragilisticexpialadiamaticonormalizeringelimatisticantations >>>> On 19/09/2011 10:08 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote: >>>>> HP-UX Java 1.4.2 will be obsolete May 1st 2012. >>>> >>>> That just means that HP-UX is behind the times, not that Java 1.5 >>>> isn't. >>> >>> It means that Java 1.5 is not obsolete and fully supported by the >>> vendor on HP-UX. >> >> Which just means that that vendor is behind the times. Of course, since >> it's a proprietary Unix vendor, that's hardly surprising. > > No. Yes. > It is completely standard that server vendors support > a Java version for more years than SUN/Oracle supports the free > version. It may be completely standard, but it is also the case that Java 1.5 is outdated and lacking in numerous features and other enhancements that are found in Java 6 and Java 7. HP should really migrate to Java 7 in preference to supporting Java 1.5. But ultimately it's their (inferred) lack of support for Java 7, rather than their support for 1.5, that is at issue.