Re: Is there something we can do about Java?

[Gert van den Berg]

On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 21:49, Austin English  wrote:
> How is this different from dotnet20/mfc42/etc.?

MS Java used to be bundled with (some versions of) Windows? (If an
application was released requireing XP SP1 before the release of SP1a,
its developer might have assumed that Windows will include the Java
VM) (With IE completely removable under Win 7, it might be even more
similar...)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Java_Virtual_Machine#Windows_XP

Gert