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[[Java (disambiguation)]] starts out pretty well in a comprehensible, user-friendly manner by saying ''[[Java Virtual Machine]], the virtual machine that runs Java byte code. This is also referred to as the portion of Java that runs on your PC or the Java run-time environment (JRE)''. However, it links to the (for most users) incomprehensible page [[Java_Virtual_Machine]], which is in any case not what was promised ("the portion of Java that runs on your PC"), which should instead link to [[Java Platform, Standard Edition]]. That is where we're now, and this article explains nothing that a normal user could find useful. It doesn't even have the link "Test your Java Virtual Machine" which is well hidden in the previous article at the end in the external links section.

This article has no information on what is the current version nor any information on the confusion created by Sun simultaneously offering the two different current versionsprogram forversions 1.4 and 1.5 with their different current update versions. NoIn addition, there is no mention of the confusion caused by 1.5 also being called 5.0, and this is topped off by the incorrect claim ''(formerly known up to version 5.0 as Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition or J2SE)''. In fact, it's still called "J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 8" in Windows's add/remove applet, which is one reason most users can't find Java on their machine. Version information is very important not only due to the old Sun tradition of not caring that most users are confused by their version naming chaos and version plethora. I have Java Runtime Environment Version 5.0 Update 8 installed on my computer, but http://java.com/en/download/index.jsp only offers update 6, and without comment. That seems to indicate that 8 was buggy and has been withdrawn. Just to be sure that things get confusing, they do still offer 8, and only that on http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp

Worse still, this article does not even mention the insane nonsense caused by new versions of Java not automatically uninstalling old ones. Most users are unaware that all Java vulnerabilities are still on their machines if they have multiple versions installed; i suspect that the authors of this article were also unaware of this insanity that even beats MS insane standard security practice. --[[User:Espoo|Espoo]] 08:18, 7 September 2006 (UTC)