Websphere Application Server Platform Question

[Elizabeth Reynolds]

Can I download WAS (entry edition) to a machine running Windows 98 SE? My machine meets all the other requirements (memory, processor, etc.) except for the Windows NT 4.0 or higher OS.
I just want to familiarize myself with the product and experiment with it. Will it work?
I also currently have VAJ 3.5 (entry edition) installed and configured correctly to use the Websphere Test Environment for testing servlets and JSPs on my machine and I don't want to mess this up.
Thanks.

[Rahul Mahindrakar]

The documentation says that you can install WAS on Windows NT or Windows 2000. Nothing is stated on 98. Try your luck by installing it and see what happens.

[Rahul Mahindrakar]

and do tell us what happened so that we can help others out in a similar problem

[Elizabeth Reynolds]

Thanks, but no thanks. I'm not that brave. I'll wait until someone else tries it first. Right now, I'm happy using VAJ 3.5 and Websphere Studio 3.5 to test servlets/JSP in the Websphere Test Environment.
[This message has been edited by Elizabeth Reynolds (edited June 18, 2001).]

[Jenn Green]

I did try to install on W98 but without any luck. I think there's a problem due to the fact that the Admin Server runs based on the IBM WS Admin service and W98 doesn't provide a way to support "services" in particular (that I know of anyway). Bottom line - it didn't work!
If anyone does get it to work, please let us know.
JG