Hi, Peter.
I see the same behavior you described. Running the app client run from NB it reports taking about 1.7 seconds on my system (after running it once to get things warmed up). The Java Web Start launch reports taking between 17 and 18 seconds.
I am not yet sure why this might be. I'll be involving people who are closer to the naming support to look at this.
- Tim
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