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Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 Update 17

3.6 out of 5 stars 3.6 (626 votes)

(November 3, 2009)

Linux, Windows 2000/2003/Me/Vista/XP / Freeware / 110,978 downloads

Java Platform, Standard Edition (also known as Java 2 Platform) lets you develop and deploy Java applications on desktops and servers, as well as today's demanding Embedded and Real-Time environments. Java SE includes classes that support the development of Java Web Services and provides the foundation for Java Platform, Enterprise Edition (Java EE).

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  1. 5 out of 5 stars
    uzi

    Reviewing 6 Update 17 (Dec 7, 2009)

    It is like a drug. You may hate it but you will have hard time working without it, as it became a de-facto standard for too much code.

    I will give it five stars not because it is a good software, but because it is essential, and with no compatible alternatives.

  2. 3 out of 5 stars
    Galifray

    Reviewing 6 Update 17 (Nov 6, 2009)

    If OpenOffice and my webmail app didn't require this, I wouldn't install it. Especially now that Java Quick Start is running as a service. So I have to modify services to stop it, as the Java control Panel app setting no longer works. So I cannot give this ever larger and ever more unnecessary program a good rating.

  3. 3 out of 5 stars
    Artem Tashkinov

    Reviewing 6 Update 17 (Nov 5, 2009)

    Silently installs JAVA update application which I hate to see on all of our corporate PCs.

    That's plain wrong.

  4. 3 out of 5 stars
    us3r

    Reviewing 6 Update 17 (Nov 4, 2009)

    JavaTM SE 6
    Update Release Notes

    http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u17.html

  5. 2 out of 5 stars
    mjm01010101

    Reviewing 6 Update 17 (Nov 3, 2009)

    I like and use Open Office. But I also don't want Open Office support requests from various friends and family that don't want it or don't know how it got on their system. When you install one app, you expect updates to that app, and not a default checkbox for another app that adds to support costs and user frustration.

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