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<p>100% of OSGeo-Live java applications are now running successfully
using OpenJDK 7 in <a href="http://live.osgeo.org"
class="external text" rel="nofollow">OSGeo-Live</a> 6.0 beta
releases.
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<p>This move to OpenJDK has been driven by Oracle's announcement
that the "Operating System Distributor License for Sun Java" has
been retired, meaning that Sun Java is no longer allowed to be
distributed in Linux distributions such as Ubuntu, or OSGeo-Live.
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<p>The good news is that OpenJDK, the fully Open Source
implementation of java, has improved to the point where we have
shown that all OSGeo-Live applications will run under OpenJDK 7.
And by extension, we have shown it is feasible to incorporate
these applications in linux distributions.
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<p>We have verified applications compile and quickstarts run as
expected, and we have been impressed with what we have seen.
However we have not done comprehensive testing of all
functionality in each application. Nor have we tested performance
or reliability. Users who wish to see a specific application
deployed into production using OpenJDK should contact the project
about whether more detailed testing has been completed.
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<h2><span class="editsection"></span><span class="mw-headline"
id="About_OSGeo-Live">About OSGeo-Live</span></h2>
<p>OSGeo-live is an <a href="http://xubuntu.org" class="external
text" rel="nofollow">XUbuntu</a> based distribution of
Geospatial Open Source Software, available via a Live DVD, Virtual
Machine and USB. You can use OSGeo-Live to try a wide variety of
open source geospatial software without installing anything.
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Cameron Shorter
Geospatial Solutions Manager
Tel: +61 (0)2 8570 5050
Mob: +61 (0)419 142 254
Think Globally, Fix Locally
Geospatial Solutions enhanced with Open Standards and Open Source
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.lisasoft.com">http://www.lisasoft.com</a>
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