All About Interop : Where is IBM Java 1.5 for Windows?
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Comments# Kris said:
I remember in the early 2000 IBM used to give away a lot of development tools for free for developers or with a limited license. I am surprised that now you can’t even download their JDK. How can you woo the developers on their platform? They should learn from Microsoft and Oracle.
20 June 06 at 1:10 PM
# Tom Kerigan said:
IBM has a no-compete clause with Sun, with respect to the JRE, on certain platforms, including Windows. This means that IBM is not allowed to ship a standalone version of the JRE for these operating systems unless it is at least one major version prior to the current version (in this case, JRE 1.4.x). As you pointed out, there still are ways to get IBM’s 1.5 JRE for Windows (ie. by installing a bundled product like Rational Application Developer or one of the web services toolkit), but it’s not standalone, that’s for sure.
22 June 06 at 6:10 PM
# lp said:
Download Websphere 6.1 trial, J9 is in there. Indeed with some very cool extensions like class sharing between JVMs.
26 June 06 at 1:46 PM
# Stan said:
It looks like the IBM 1.5 JDK for Windows is contained in their Development Package for Eclipse. Still a 100 MB download, but the whole package is free …http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/eclipse/index.html
28 June 06 at 10:57 PM
# whitetiger said:
Get it here:http://www-307.ibm.com/pc/support/site.wss/document.do?sitestyle=lenovo&lndocid=MIGR-56888
You can get around the bios check by either
unpacking the installer or letting the installer
unpack itself and then copy the java setup file(s) from your temp folder
not sure about v5, worked with 3 & 4
29 June 06 at 12:19 AM
# DotNetInterop said:
Just to be clear, I absolutely do not advocate subverting the license enforcement or violating the license agreement on IBM’s software, or anyone’s software.-Dino
09 July 06 at 1:41 PM
# Samir Gouda said:
I downloaded the Development Package for Eclipse, but I can’t use the JRE.
If I run java -version, I get “No Public JRE”, even though I have replaced my old java.exe (from sun) in c:/windows/system32, and I have uninstalled SUN JRE.
How do I tell my system to use the IBM JRE?
13 July 06 at 8:42 PM
# vipera said:
The installer does not extract the setup files prior to running the BIOS check, but it does extract a program called ‘checkIBM.exe’. Run that program at a command prompt and you should be able to figure out how to trick the installer.
22 July 06 at 1:14 AM
# DotNetInterop said:
I absolutely don’t recommend tricking the installer or subverting the license. I am saying that there exists a 1.5 Java VM from IBM, and people should check the license to verify that they have rights to use it in the way they want to.
-Dino
02 August 06 at 10:36 AM
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