[ale] Webex on Linux (was Re: Fw: VirtualBox)

[Lightner, Jeff]

Bazillion old Java was free though - Oracle is starting to assert rights
and costs for Java and in the most recent AUUG meeting an Oracle/Sun guy
noted that Sun had changed the model in 2006 but never enforced it so he
says Oracle is simply enforcing it.   My own thought is Oracle starting
to make M$ look less greedy by comparison.

 

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From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Jim
Kinney
Sent: Friday, December 17, 2010 10:33 AM
To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts
Subject: Re: [ale] Webex on Linux (was Re: Fw: VirtualBox)

 

requires a bazillion year old java (1.3) and as such is not safe for
modern use. We have a pile of KVM that also use a bazillion year old
java which we can't use on our desktops.

On Fri, Dec 17, 2010 at 9:49 AM, Derek Atkins <warlord at mit.edu> wrote:

Geoffrey Myers <lists at serioustechnology.com> writes:

> Derek Atkins wrote:
>> Geoffrey Myers <lists at serioustechnology.com> writes:
>>
>>>> VB works fine for me to run XP so that I can do Webex but I use
Vmware
>>>> for production.
>>> webex works on Linux.
>>
>> I've not been able to get it to work on anything more recent than
>> RHEL/CentOS 4.  Maybe it's the version of Java I have installed,
>> but it certainly hasn't worked on any Fedora installation I've had
>> since Fedora 10.
>
> I use it on Mandriva 2009 powerpack and RHEL 5.4.

Hmm, when I tried on RHEL 5.x it didn't work, and my co-worker couldn't
get it to work, either.  Similarly, I haven't been able to get it to
work on Fedora.

*shrugs*

-derek

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