diff --git a/akka-docs/rst/intro/getting-started.rst b/akka-docs/rst/intro/getting-started.rst index 6f38a94d34..4d293c7b0d 100644 --- a/akka-docs/rst/intro/getting-started.rst +++ b/akka-docs/rst/intro/getting-started.rst @@ -5,9 +5,11 @@ Prerequisites ------------- Akka requires that you have `Java 8 `_ or -later installed on you machine. +later installed on your machine. -`Typesafe `_ provides versions of Akka that are compatible with Java 6, 7 and 8. +`Typesafe `_ provides a commercial build of Akka and related projects such as Scala or Play +as part of the `Reactive Platform `_ which is made available +for Java 6 in case your project can not upgrade to Java 8 just yet. It also includes additional commercial features or libraries. Getting Started Guides and Template Projects --------------------------------------------