Thanks Thomas, Garion, and Vin.
I was also wondering if there is a general rule of thumb to apply when dealing with new releases from Sun (since I'm new to dealing with this company and their practices). In other words, for those of you actually know what the acronym DOS stands for, it used to be somewhat understood (prior to 6.x) that you didn't bother applying the even version releases of DOS because they were dogs. Therefore, is it common practice to:
1. Wait until a release has been out "x" months (where "x"=3???)?
2. Never install
Java "sub"releases ending in "1" (e.g.-1.4.1 is bad, but 1.4.2 is good)?
3. Etc.
I didn't make myself clear that I didn't need to know some of the more obvious things, but was hoping that there may be some rules of thumb to abide by? Does that make any sense?
Thanks for your help! Janet