Sorry for top post using my phone Ice tea is Java se. Glass server uses Java EE because EE has added API and Runtime to build enterprise secure apps. sorry the link did not help.
Sent from my Windows Phone ________________________________ From: Nilesh Govindrajan<mailto:m...@nileshgr.com> Sent: 2/17/2014 6:07 AM To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org<mailto:gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] JDK 7 on server On Monday 17 February 2014 04:12 AM, Edward M wrote: > On Sun, 16 Feb 2014 14:14:24 +0530 > Nilesh Govindrajan <m...@nileshgr.com> wrote: > >> rvices to customers, so compatibility is >> definitely a concern. I'm not exactly sure what the differences are >> between Oracle JDK & OpenJDK; the differences I found so far on Google >> are old and make sense only for Java 6. > > Hello, > > To my understanding, Oracle JDK binary is created from the source code > released from the OpenJDK project with some Oracle's own propriety > code. The other difference is Oracle's JDK binary is released under > Oracle Technology Network Developer License Terms for JAVA EE SDK,JDK > where as OpenJDK code is under GPL + linking exceptions. > > More info at: > > https://blogs.oracle.com/henrik/entry/java_7_questions_answers > > Best regards > ED > So it would be correct to say that for Java EE applications, icedtea would be enough? As per the link you gave me, it says some graphical components & fonts are extra, none of which are used in case of web applications.