I'm kinda leaning toward Sun's Java. The IDE (netbeans) is good, and the
install process of both the JSDK and the IDE are very painless. I
wouldn't want to install Sun's without offering and explaining the
alternative, but I stick to the 'official' java. 

I'm going on a limb, but i'm assuming that all the classes at our
universities and community colleges are using Sun's. I'd rather show
people how the Linux OS offers people Choices, not just
ideology-compatible alternatives. The ability to take the  work from a a
Window's machine and gracefully transition to a Linux station is very
powerful. 

Which is why I love OpenOffice :)


On Thu, 2003-10-09 at 10:31, Derek Neighbors wrote:
> der.hans said:
> > Am 07. Oct, 2003 schwätzte liberty young so:
> >
> >> Which Java? Personally, I would rather install on upcoming developer's
> >
> > Whichever one is listed on apt-get.org :).
> >
> > I generally hear good things about the JDK from IBM. For java devel we
> > might want to install the IDE from IBM. If so, we should probably
> > install IBM's JVM.
> 
> We should be supporting Blackdown.  There are other ones on apt-get.org
> that are not nearly as careful about trying to keep a clean
> implementation.
> 
> -Derek
> 
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