Bill Jonas on Mon, 23 Apr 2001 11:27:19 -0400


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Re: [PLUG] JRE suggestions?


On Mon, Apr 23, 2001 at 09:35:16AM -0400, Mental wrote:
> The jre is the runtime environemnt. The jdk is the developers kit. Get the
> java2 jdk from sun's site. There is no source. Deal with it. Or dont use
> it. Java is hot enough right now that I feel its worth learning just for
> the income potential. I refuse to get into a religious debate about the
> lack of source. If you want to hack on java, contact sun. If they need
> help, they'll hire you.

I agree with everything you said.  I was actually just referring to the
JRE (for the time being).  I agree that knowing Java can increase the
amount of money one can stand to make.  And I don't intended to debate the
lack of source, I was just curious if there are any that *do* come with
source.

-- 
Bill Jonas    *    bill@billjonas.com    *    http://www.billjonas.com/
"As we enjoy great advantages from the inventions of others,  we should
be glad of an opportunity to serve others by any invention of ours; and
this we should do freely and generously."          -- Benjamin Franklin


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