Makes sense, sort of. The JRE is not installed /alongside/ the older
versions, as before. It now installes itself on top of the old version,
making uninstallation of old versions unnecessary.
I don't know what Sun says, but in my observation, 6.11 on top of 6.10
results in just 6.11 being listed in add or remove programs. I love it.
Now if they'd just uncheck by default the trashy Yahoo or Microsoft toolbars
they offer on what should be a security update process, I'd almost be
willing to say the Sun are very nice folks!