»Saturday, July 14, 2007

JVMs are under export regulations?

It's funny how many applications are fall under US export laws. Once upon a time you couldn't get Internet Explorer with 128bit security. Never mind that it's so easy to use a proxy and download anything that cannot be legally downloaded from outside the US. Today I tried to download a JVM for my Motorola Q phone, and what should have been a simple download turned out to be a lengthy process where I had to fill out a complicated registration form at IBM where they asked me everything except my blood type. Since I wasn't too keen on giving out so much personal information for a measly JVM download, I typed in random data, including giving my country of residence as Bahrain. This is where I hit the following snag:

IBM JVM Download

Hmm, I guess I'll just have to sign up again (with as much gibberish as before except for the country)


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