How to distrubute java communication api ?

hi , I have a java project using java comm api (comm.jar) I need to distrubute it to clients (because it is an applet based app) without any user interactivity.
First I remember Webstart but somewhere I read some bugs about comm.api and webstart so I want to ask first Is there any people here used to developed and distrubute comm.api before ? What did you used ?
My clients has no knowledge about computers,so It should be some automatic process.

What about my suggestion in your original post regarding the same question?
http://forum.java.sun.com/thread.jsp?thread=412320&forum=31&message=1814508

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