`ver`.sub(/\s*\[Version\s*/, '/').sub(']', '').strip
elsif RUBY_PLATFORM =~ /darwin/i
"Mac OS X/#{`sw_vers -productVersion`}"
+ elsif RUBY_PLATFORM == 'java'
+ # Get the information from java system properties to avoid spawning a
+ # sub-process, which is not friendly in some contexts (web servers).
+ require 'java'
+ name = java.lang.System.getProperty('os.name')
+ version = java.lang.System.getProperty('os.version')
+ "#{name} #{version}"
else
`uname -sr`.sub(' ', '/')
end