So now you understand my confusion. In OS9 the only "upgradable" JAVA
seems to be thru MRJ. If you still disagree, please explain how you would upgrade Java in OS9.1...

I just searched APPLE, and confirmed, the JAVA builds you refer to are only
for OSX. OS9 and prior implement JAVA thru MRJ.

MRJ is Apple's implementation of Sun Microsystems' Java Virtual Machine (JVM). MRJ 2.2 (and newer), implement Sun's JDK 1.1.8 specification. MRJ provides the runtime software needed to run Java applets and applications, and the Apple Applet Runner, a simple utility for running applets without the overhead of a browser.

So 1.1.8 is the latest version of JAVA OS 9 users can update to.

I guess I was not the confused one after all.


Dave