gcj and cygnus

Fri Aug 18 15:36:00 GMT 2000

> Problem is standard-user is ummm to stupid to run a jdk correctly, with
> the hotspot VM, the project isn't even playable now, but I'm getting a lot of
> question regarding this now that I've dropped the .exe

There is basically 2 option for the "stupid user" using standard JDKs:
- create an executable jar file. It's very simple to do, and the user
 just has to double click on the file and it starts like an .exe.
 no classpath to set-up.
 It's plain simple to create but I'm amazed how few developer do it.
 Of course, you need a java 2 runtime...
- use Sun's JavaWebStart. It's still in beta, and has bugs on Linux,
 but works flawlessly well on Win32.
Cedric