From balans at telia.com Wed Jun 27 02:01:09 2012 From: balans at telia.com (Balans) Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 11:01:09 +0200 Subject: German Tax Authority Website suggests removal of OpenJDK Message-ID: <1340787669.12246.711.camel@v-network-desktop> Hi, I live in Germany and use Ubuntu 12.04. The German Tax Authority Website www.elsteronline.de claims that OpenJDK contains errors (in German: "...die Benutzung des ElsterOnline-Portals derzeit aufgrund von Fehlern im OpenJDK nicht m?glich") and tells me to remove all OpenJDK software from my computer and install Suns Java version instead. Any idea which "errors" they might be referring to? Regards, Sebastian From dalibor.topic at oracle.com Wed Jun 27 07:23:27 2012 From: dalibor.topic at oracle.com (Dalibor Topic) Date: Wed, 27 Jun 2012 16:23:27 +0200 Subject: German Tax Authority Website suggests removal of OpenJDK In-Reply-To: <1340787669.12246.711.camel@v-network-desktop> References: <1340787669.12246.711.camel@v-network-desktop> Message-ID: <4FEB175F.8030903@oracle.com> On 6/27/12 11:01 AM, Balans wrote: > Hi, > > I live in Germany and use Ubuntu 12.04. The German Tax Authority Website > www.elsteronline.de claims that OpenJDK contains errors (in German: > "...die Benutzung des ElsterOnline-Portals derzeit aufgrund von Fehlern > im OpenJDK nicht m?glich") and tells me to remove all OpenJDK software > from my computer and install Suns Java version instead. > > Any idea which "errors" they might be referring to? Nope. Given that there is no browser plugin in OpenJDK, I'd suggest that you ask the developers of IcedTea-Web on distro-pkg-discuss at openjdk... , who may be more familiar with that specific site. cheers, dalibor topic -- Oracle Dalibor Topic | Principal Product Manager Phone: +494089091214 | Mobile: +491737185961 Oracle Java Platform Group ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG | Nagelsweg 55 | 20097 Hamburg ORACLE Deutschland B.V. & Co. KG Hauptverwaltung: Riesstr. 25, D-80992 M?nchen Registergericht: Amtsgericht M?nchen, HRA 95603 Gesch?ftsf?hrer: J?rgen Kunz Komplement?rin: ORACLE Deutschland Verwaltung B.V. Hertogswetering 163/167, 3543 AS Utrecht, Niederlande Handelsregister der Handelskammer Midden-Niederlande, Nr. 30143697 Gesch?ftsf?hrer: Alexander van der Ven, Astrid Kepper, Val Maher Green Oracle Oracle is committed to developing practices and products that help protect the environment