feedback request from:
"Adam Shackleford" <###@###.###>
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>Installing JWS 1.0 RC replaces your system's VM (the "java" command at the
>command line) with Sun's JRE 1.3.0. That's very rude, not to mention
>Sun-centric.
> 1.. I installed IBM's JRE 1.3.0-service-release-2. I used it for several
>days--it ran fine.
> 2.. I installed JWS 1.0 RC.
> 3.. I ran my Java application from the command line and noticed it
>misbehaving (Sun's JRE 1.3.0 has bug 4336459; IBM's does not).
> 4.. The "java -version" command revealed that the JWS install had hammered
>IBM's JRE and replaced it with Sun's JRE 1.3.0.
>Please fix this. JWS should have exactly zero coupling to the "java"
>command:
> a.. Under no circumstances should JWS tamper with the system's default VM.
> b.. JWS should *always always always* install Sun's JRE. Developers are
>looking for certainty from JWS, not the "JVM of the day". The existing JVM
>may be damaged, or it may have bugs. When I ask my users to install JWS, I
>want to *know* absolutely what JRE is available for my app. JWS wants to be
>utterly decoupled from everything but the underlying OS.
>thanks,
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