Envoyé par Chet Haase
When Will It Ship?
As I mentioned earlier, the Consumer JRE will be an update for Java SE 6, which means that we will be able to deliver it much more quickly than we could if we waited for another major release like Java SE 7. But it's still a lot of work, and we're not done yet. Our best estimates now put the release date in early 2008, although we are trying to pull in the date if at all possible. Given the amount and type of changes in this release (especially Java Kernel), we need to send this release through extensive testing to make sure that it's as solid as you should expect it to be.
We will roll out some features as they are available, so that you don't have to wait for early 2008 to get everything here. For example, the improved installation experience should be out in update 2 of Java SE 6, which is currently set for late June.