Renato Ramonda <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The only system (apart from solaris, I guess) that has a JVM by default > is OSX, and it's _NOT_ sun's one, but the internally developed one.
Apple licenses Sun's JVM and makes the modifications necessary to run it on OSX. I know I'm being a pedant, but I don't want people to think Apple writes their own JVM from scratch. Also, Java is installed on lots of systems by companies like Dell and HP; however, you usually can't predict which version of the JVM is installed or how the Java auto update features are configured. That being said, I think Sun is being foolish by not ensuring Java is free enough to be included with every Linux distribution. Talk about letting a golden opportunity slip through their fingers... As others have pointed out, Python's non-restrictive licensing allows it to be installed far and wide, and it's easy to bundle a Python interpreter with your application, which is great. These are big advantages for Python. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list