What does "FCS" mean?

Hi AllI thought that FCS means First Candidate Release, but now I think I have bean wrong, because the last word is S not R!!!So does anybody know what does it mean?Is the JDK 1.4.1. FCS, a stable, final version or not yet?Thanks alot

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# 1

Hi AllI finally figured out what does FCS mean: First Customer Service :Dbut I don't know what are the characteristcs of an FCS version.Can anybody give an explanation?Thanks in advance.

saeedzadeh at 2007-7-6 21:42:05 >

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# 2

If FCS is 'First Customer Release', then to whom were the RCs released?Are we not customers?But it's a good question! What state is the FCS in? Is it releasable to our customers (is that what it means?)?Still confused....Rhys

RhysP at 2007-7-6 21:42:05 >

# 3

I agree with your either. The term is very confusing.

When I downloaded JDK 1.3.1_04 for Linux, there was an fcs somewhere in the installation file name, but wasn't 1.3.1_01, 1.3.1_02, and 1.3.1_03 versions customer services, too? Only God knows ;)

It seems that the moderators are sleeping, aren't they? So where are them?

We are waiting for responses, but not this too late. Should I download the JDK 1.4.1 version or not? I have not a fast connection and it's not easy for me to download all the versions. Is JDK 1.4.1 FCS stable or not?

saeedzadeh at 2007-7-6 21:42:05 >

# 4

I was mystified by the acronym as well. The following posted on another forum seemed fairly authoritative -

FCS = First Customer Shipment.

It is still unclear exactly what it means though. Does it mean that although this release has been cleared through Suns QA process other releases may be in the pipeline ?

John Coogan at 2007-7-6 21:42:05 >

# 5

I am not 100% sure, but I'm *guessing* that FCS is NOT the final release. If you look at the page: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4/ there are 2 versions of 1.4 available for download, 1.4.0_02 and 1.4.1 FCS.

From this, I have concluded that a final version of 1.4.1 will be released WITHOUT the FCS acronim, otherwise 1.4.0_02 should also be labeled with FCS.

Can somebody from sun PLEASE clarify this situation - not telling us what FCS stands for, but what it MEANS. ie, is FCS the FINAL version or not.

If there are a few dozen people actively posting to a thread on this confusing issue, there will no doubt be thousands of others who are equally baffled by the meaning of the FCS acronim.

cmlrae at 2007-7-6 21:42:05 >

# 6

Frustrated Coders Service !!!whoops...!!!humm..mmm...FCS .... Full Control Service !!!Frogs Cats & Snakes !!! hee, hee heeeSUN must tell about it.Sanjeev Dhiman

hellorsanjeev at 2007-7-6 21:42:05 >

# 7

To compound the issue the releases (at least for solaris config disks) are not listed in sequential order. I guess I'll pick the release with the largest number, which is somewhere in the midle of the list. I tried the FCS release and it doesn't look current but I'm not an expert.

jonathan_graham_ at 2007-7-6 21:42:05 >

# 8

I have been looking for that for so long .. I hope First Customer Release is the right answer to that ...

SuryaPratap at 2007-7-6 21:42:06 >

# 9

FCS : First Customer Shipment//Jacky

JackyChu at 2007-7-6 21:42:06 >

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