JavaInMicrosoftWindows
Last edit December 8, 2004
Javaw is the
VirtualMachine
from
SunCorporation
that allow
JavaLanguage
based applications to be run under Windows. This
VirtualMachine
has functionalities different from the JVIEW counterpart from the kingdom of
MicrosoftExtensions
.
MicrosoftSecurity
aspects
JVIEW is going to be unsupported after end Dec 2007, following a settlement of legal dispute between the two companies.
''And
MicrosoftCorporation
warned users of Jview about unspecified security risks if Jview is not removed by that data. See page 8 in
http://download.microsoft.com/download/a/7/f/a7f0d96d-c40a-4ce7-863a-139f5af69305/msjvm_itpro.pdf
Unaffected by
SunCorporation
JavaLanguage
flaw?
Seen a note claiming MS jview is unaffected by the flaw in Sun's verion of JRE identified in Nov2004. But no official comment from MS site
CategoryMicrosoft