Sun's Java software and its Solaris operating system haven't always gotten along, a 2-year-old internal memo indicates, but the company says it has long since fixed the problems. Stephen Shankland ...

I've googled around, and I can't find any info on why java.net.URLConnection is abysmally slow. I have observed the problem on os x (with java 1.4.2), linux, and pocket pc (running ibm's j9). It ...