Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 04:50:05 +0200 From: Sander Vesik <sander.vesik@gmail.com> To: iang@iang.org Cc: Kris Kennaway <kris@obsecurity.org> Subject: Re: linux-sun-jdk12 unfetchable Message-ID: <dcb2c27a0412091850670983f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1789.82.70.142.134.1102645422.squirrel@82.70.142.134> References: <20041209223454.GA5460@xor.obsecurity.org> <20041209224004.GA5608@xor.obsecurity.org> <1789.82.70.142.134.1102645422.squirrel@82.70.142.134>
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On Thu, 9 Dec 2004 21:23:42 -0500 (EST), Iang <iang@iang.org> wrote: > > >> http://java.sun.com/webapps/download/Display?BundleId=9153 > >> > >> no longer works. Is this product still fetchable? > >> > >> Kris > > > > Same with j2sdkee13 and > > > > http://java.sun.com/webapps/download/Display?BundleId=9405 > > > Sun has a very aggressive support calendar. From > memory, once a release has been out for 6 months, > the previous release is given a 6 month window, and > after that it disappears from the site. They actually > delete all the downloads. So, in effect, there is > only a 12 month window to upgrade to the current > release, before you get into all sorts of hot water. > If this is true at all - and I doubt it - then its true only as it relates to Sun support contracts or similar. You can still download mindboggling old versions of Java. > iang >
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