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Subject: Re: Basic Java Web Start question
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 13:28:22 -0800
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On 12/14/2011 1:16 PM, Novice wrote:
> I am interested in experimenting with Java Web Start a bit but I'm hitting
> a rather formidable obstacle that is keeping me from getting started.
>
> As I understand it, I need to set up some space on a server and set up a
> JNLP MIME type.
>

For first testing you can just download and install Apache on your own 
PC.  Works fine, and it's what I used to play around with JWS some time ago.