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Why do I need a J2SE update?

843798Mar 22 2008 — edited Mar 22 2008

I am currently in the process of cleaning up my hard drive and I found these in my Add or Remove Programs list:
J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 4 118MB
J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 6 119MB
J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 10 145MB
J2SE Runtime Environment 5.0 Update 11 146MB
Java 2 Runtime Environment, SE v1.4.2_03 136MB
Java (TM) 6 Update 5 136MB
Java (TM) SE Runtime Environment 6 Update 1 159MB

Which one (or ones) do I really need to keep?. How does it help me to keep receiving updates if according to the Control Panel I rarely use them? Is this something for developers only? If not, how does an ordinary user of MS Office (thinking of switching to OpenOffice), internet and email get benefited from having these MegaBytes allocated in my hard drive?

I appreciate your answers.
Thank you,

Daniel

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