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Auto-Install: Easier Launching of Java Web Start Applications

Overview Developers writing Java applications for the Real World (the world outside cozy and manageable corporate networks), must deal with the "Ubiquity of Java" problem. While the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) may be very prevalent on most machines in the world, it is not yet on all machines. And when it is installed, it may use any of several Virtual Machines, from the latest release of Sun's VM to the original Microsoft JVM. How is the developer supposed to widely deploy the application if they do not know which platform to target, or whether that platform will even be available? The deployment group at Sun has been looking into this problem and coming up with solutions.

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PublisherSun Microsystems File FormatHTML
Date PublishedJune 2006 Downloads2
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