microsoft VM

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Kari,

Hi there. I was having trouble with my new computer
because it didn't have Microsoft VM on it. It was
causing the fonts to change in Yahoo Games. Anyhow, a
Microsoft Technician emailed me this web addy to download
Microsoft VM and it has worked great since doing so.
Keep in mind, Microsoft no longer supports Microsoft VM.
I don't know why they don't but I heard there is some
legal dispute with Sun Microsystems. Here is the addy to
download Microsoft VM.

http://www.abxair.com/software/msjavx86.exe

Good Luck.
 
It's the result of a settlement of a legal dispute between Sun and
Microsoft.
 
Greetings --

As the result of a lawsuit by Sun Microsystems, and the ensuing
settlement, Microsoft was not allowed to provide its own Java Virtual
Machine to Windows XP users. You can get almost the same
functionality by downloading Sun's version of Java from
http://java.sun.com/getjava/index.html. If you want the broader
capabilities of Microsoft's Java Virtual Machine, it is still
available from a lot of 3rd-party web sites, some of which are listed
here: http://www.java-virtual-machine.net/download.html.

If you do choose the Microsoft JVM, be sure to visit Windows
Update to apply a needed security patch.

Microsoft Security Bulletin MS03-011
http://www.microsoft.com/security/security_bulletins/ms03-011.asp
(Prevents the Trojan.ByteVerify issue)


Bruce Chambers

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Bruce Chambers said:
If you want the broader
capabilities of Microsoft's Java Virtual Machine, it is still
available from a lot of 3rd-party web sites, some of which are listed
here: http://www.java-virtual-machine.net/download.html.
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In exactly what ways is the MS-JVM broader in its capabilities over the Sun
version? I found it didn't work in some spects at quite a few sites. It is
also written to work especially with IE, while some IE aspects would only
function with JVM, which was a kind of a ripoff by MS since they violated a
copyright and an agreement with Sun to use it in the first place. Since it
was Sun's anyway, why write it to have some fucntions work in IE, but not
Sun offical version?

This is just omething you seem to have a problem with when others don't
abide by your explanations of the "legal" use of Windows.
 
Greetings --

A great many websites, such as those trying to implement security
features, for example, such as banking web sites, simply will not work
if using the Sun version of Java. A great many internal DoD sites
will not work unless the MS-JVM is installed and set as the default
Java VM. Granted, Microsoft erred legally in adding
Windows/IE-specific features to Java without Sun's permission, but all
too many websites, aiming at the broad Windows-based market-place, are
now specifically designed to use those features (and since I'm not a
programmer, I can't give you the specific changes), and simply won't
work with the more "generic" Sun implementation of Java.

Now that Sun and Microsoft have "buried the hatchet," so to speak,
there's hope that there will eventually be a newer version of Java
that meets everyone's needs.


Bruce Chambers

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Bruce Chambers said:
Greetings --

A great many websites, such as those trying to implement security
features, for example, such as banking web sites, simply will not work
if using the Sun version of Java. A great many internal DoD sites
will not work unless the MS-JVM is installed and set as the default
Java VM. Granted, Microsoft erred legally in adding
Windows/IE-specific features to Java without Sun's permission, but all
too many websites, aiming at the broad Windows-based market-place, are
now specifically designed to use those features (and since I'm not a
programmer, I can't give you the specific changes), and simply won't
work with the more "generic" Sun implementation of Java.
Click to expand...


Hi,

The only reason some "features" would not work, and this is in IE, is that
MS designed the browser that way, and specifically their proprietary
websites ( MSNBC, Microsoft.com, Msn.com, etc). Now they all work, and many
other sites have had the code written, which isn't hard to use Sun's. Sun's
will work on "all" browsers
Now that Sun and Microsoft have "buried the hatchet," so to speak,
there's hope that there will eventually be a newer version of Java
that meets everyone's needs.
Click to expand...

It was fairly costly too, to the tune of almost 2 billion dollars. But it
may allow MS to make it own version, that will also coinside with the use of
Sun's. Had MS simply given Sun's name to the Java they used for Win-Update
dowloads, they may have not had to setlle for this ungodly amount. I did
find though, that more sites didn't work with VM, than didn't with Sun's. I
don't use the VM anymore, though I keep it on my site if someone "only"
wants that one version. Plus, Sun's version doesn't have the security issues
either.

The thing I dilslike most about Sun, is how the owner cried about being left
out of certain money making ventures with MS, because of his poor business
savvy, too bad, and their Java can do without the bloat they add to it,
i.e., games, etc.
 
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