Just so that I don't forget... While installing JBoss, I found that I need to setup my JAVA_HOME variable correctly. After checking a couple of sites, I found the following to be a good way to figure out and setup JAVA_HOME variable on Mac OSX. In a Terminal window, type

which java

This pointed to "/usr/bin/java", which was a symbolic link to "/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/CurrentJDK/Commands/java". This in turn was a symbolic link to "/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.4.2". So my JAVA_HOME was pointing to "/System/Library/Frameworks/JavaVM.framework/Versions/1.4.2/Home".

In order to change the JAVA_HOME variable I found a very nice utility called "RCEnvironment" that let me setup all kind of environment variables, including JAVA_HOME, very nicely and easily.

Once I added a JAVA_HOME variable (and pointed it to Java 5 home using RCEnviornment, I logged out and back in again. My JAVA_HOME was setup as I wanted.

Today I had an interesting conversation with colleagues and friends about Vista and who all amongst us wanted to upgrade our home computers to Vista.

All of them said they were going to hold off upgrading their home machines.

There seemed to be a few valid reasons:

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