[ILUG] Ulster Bank Anytime

[Michele Neylon]

At 19:58 16/04/2004, Paul O'Malley wrote:
>On Fri, 2004-04-16 at 14:13, Conor Wynne wrote:
> > > Does anyone use Ulster Bank's Anytime online banking service with Linux?
> > >   If so, how do you do it?
> > Yes and No.
> >
> > It will NOT work with Wine as it needs the JAVA from the Wine environment
> > and not your good ol linux java. I tried and tried and eventually failed.
> > Unless someone knows how to make THAT work - dont bother, I've tried that
> > too ;--0
>excuse me for being stupid, - - ehh
>It is my understanding that the way that java operates below the bonnet
>is not supposed to influence what happens in user / application above
>the bonnet space.
>
>Is that right or wrong?
>
>If it is right then what is it in this 'java' application that is
>breaking?

It sounds like they are using the MS JVM which is not the same as the 
standard *nix JRE
There are differences between versions that can cause serious headaches and 
proves that the "write once, run anywhere" theory is merely that - a theory.



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