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From: Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Java 1.4 and Windows compatibility
Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2014 08:42:08 -0400
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On 8/20/2014 8:22 AM, marc.at.compass@gmail.com wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Maybe this is an obvious question but I'm not very Java savvy so bear with me.
> I have a Java application using Java RE 1.4.2_05 and I need to migrate it to Windows server 2012. I want to keep using the JRE it's designed for so I will not have to bother with incompatibilities between JRE versions.
> I can download this Java Runtime Environment version 1.4.2 from Oracle but I am not sure if the JRE 1.4.2 will run on Windows 2012... Can anyone confirm this?
> Could there be any other reason why an application would not run in JRE 1.4.2 on Windows 2012?

     Let's look at the timeline (all dates from Wikipedia):

     1) 2002 Feb: Java 1.4 is released.

     2) 2008 Oct: Java 1.4 support ends.

     3) 2011 Sep: Windows Server 2012 first developer preview.

     4) 2012 Aug: Windows Server 2012 official release.

     In other words, you're asking whether there might be any problem
running a Java version that became unsupported four years before the
initial release of the O/S you want to run it on.

     Aww, gee, what could *possibly* go wrong?

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