Steve Sobol<sjsobol@JustThe.net> writes:
In article<m2r5fdeqxh.fsf@sherm.shermpendley.com>,
sherm.pendley@gmail.com says...
Steve Sobol<sjsobol@JustThe.net> writes:
You can't *just get* a Java VM for Mac. It's built into the OS, and
Apple is the only vendor that provides it.
That's changed as of the most recent update from Apple. The "Java
Preferences" app now shows third-party JVMs too, and allows you to
choose one as your default JVM.
No.
You don't understand.
Maybe it's *you* who don't understand my reply, so stuff the attitude.
Before Apple's update, third-party JVMs weren't shown in the "Java
Preferences" app. That meant they couldn't be selected as the default
JVM to use when, for example, a user double-clicked on a .jar file or
loaded a JWS app using Safari.
Apple has announced that they'll no longer be maintaining their JVM in
the future. But, they've dropped a significant headache for users who
want to use third-party JVMs to run their Java apps - and they've done
so *now*.
Apple is still the only vendor who *does* provide a JVM - but they're
no longer the only vendor who *can* provide one.