Java is OK for Linux, C# is better on windows machines (both use the "C"
programming syntax--both are scripting languages--if you are going to use a
scripting language get activeperl, it is free and the best)... Windows XP no
longer supports java--if you patch with SP2 (and you most certainly should)
java is lost and must be installed as a third party component from the SUN
Microsystems site... I don't use Java--too slow... most malicious
webpage/email/newsgroup attacks are in java these days... although few are
successful--some are... scriptkiddies favorite language is Java...

Warmest regards,
John

"Hal Rosser" wrote in message
.. .
You can 'Create Java Programs for free' by downloading the Java JDK and
Java
tutorial from http://Java.sun.com - and Python programming at
Python.org -
and PHP programmnig, and Perl programming at activestate.com.
and you can host your own website by downloading a free server from
Apache.org.
then you have openOffice.org for an office suite that's free and Gimp
for
image manipulation - and Satori

"John Smith" wrote in message
...
Many here seem to be hung up on .pdf files, adobes pdf creator is
expensive.

Here is a utility which installs itself like a printer, all you do is
choose
to print from any windows application, choose this printer driver and it
will "print" a .pdf file of any word, notepad, etc. And you end up with
a
.pdf of the work in question...

Warmest regards,
John
--
Watching the cutting edge of yesterday replay--in virtual reality, right
before my eyes--in real time!
Thirty year old technology--wasn't it amazing?