Q&A
| Q1: | The license for the SDK is only for 180 days. I thought the kit was free—don't you think you should have mentioned that rather predominately in your book? |
| A1: | Sun Microsystems has always made the SDK available for free, and it seems highly doubtful at this point that the company would change the policy. Although Sun has not made any official statements regarding the duration of the license, it appears to be a way to encourage developers to upgrade to new versions when they become available. Sun updates the SDK frequently, by issuing either a bug- and security-fix minor upgrade or a full upgrade such as the move to Java 2. |
| Q2: | Java 1.0 programs could be created with JDK 1.0. Java 1.1 programs could be created with JDK 1.1. Why is Java 2 ... |
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