java or c# please help

I am starting a new application, it needs to use db such as access or
msde. I know I can do this easily in c# or Java but my question is can
I distribute a package as easy if it is created with java and say derby
db as I can with windows based. It needs to be click to install and
thats it, no exceptions. To date I have done this with vb and c++ with
access and have had excellent success. I really want to make the
transistion to java world but worry it will make installations difficult
for our customers.

I am interested in both application based and even if it is easy to
distribute a tomcat/derby/web based application.
I will be installing mostly on windows, but maybe some day customers
will start asking for linux/unix.
Thanks for any advice

"andy" wrote in message

>I am starting a new application, it needs to use db such as access or msde.
>I know I can do this easily in c# or Java but my question is can I
>distribute a package as easy if it is created with java and say derby db
>as I can with windows based. It needs to be click to install and thats it,
>no exceptions. To date I have done this with vb and c++ with access and
>have had excellent success. I really want to make the transistion to java
>world but worry it will make installations difficult for our customers.
>
> I am interested in both application based and even if it is easy to
> distribute a tomcat/derby/web based application.
> I will be installing mostly on windows, but maybe some day customers will
> start asking for linux/unix.
> Thanks for any advice

Check out WebStart, or JNLP (two names for essentially the same thing).
That's about the simplest way to install Java applications (arguably simpler
even than .msi installation files), but it assumes the user already has Java
installed.

- Oliver