Re: JAVA coding environment

[Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen <ravn@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Walden H. Leverich skrev:
> > Both XP and Windows 2000 (the latter is the leanest plus it does not have 
> > validation issues when you do stuff with your virtual machine).
> >     
>
> Windows 2000???    WHY???? Anyone that runs 8+ year old Oss has no right to complain about the OS.
>   
The reason is simple:  Windows Genuine Advantage.  (and I am not 
complaining about the OS :)

The cloning operation in vmware (and most likely others too) give the 
new machine enough new hardware to trigger revalidation of XP, which is 
a pain when you have a lot of different software which might step on 
each others toes.  For example Oracle is nice to have in a virtual 
machine instead of stepping all over XP.  Java is fully supported under 
Windows 2000 AFAIK.  It is also great for simulating a two machine setup.

Note:  This is only for my personal development use, not for production 
use :)


/Thorbjørn