Re: Bio-Formats release (2006 Sep 27)

Posted by dscho on
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Bio-Formats-release-2006-Sep-27-tp3701231p3701240.html

Hi,

On Fri, 29 Sep 2006, Albert Cardona wrote:

> >> 2) I did hear from one person who had trouble running Bio-Formats on
> >> the Mac with Java 1.4. Upgrading to 1.5 fixed her problem.
>
> >BTW for some, upgrading is not an option. I was stuck with OSX 10.2.8,
> >and because Apple wants to sell new OSXen and computers, I could not
> >upgrade to Java 1.5!
>
> To avoid the anual Apple tax (aka "new MaxOSX" or "upgrade"), you can
> run any flavor of GNU/Linux and/or *BSD on your Apple laptop, for which
> java 1.5 is available.

That is what I did. But not everybody can; if you lack administrator's
privileges, for example.

Ciao,
Dscho