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* INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS *
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* On windows systems,
- Download and install Java JRE 1.5+ on http://java.sun.com
- run the following script : jperf.bat

* On Linux / OS X systems, run the following script :

- The 'java' (JRE 1.5+) executable have to be into the system path
- Don't forget to set execution permissions on the jperf.sh script (execute
'chmod u+x jperf.sh')
- run the following script : jperf.sh

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* COMPILATION INSTRUCTIONS *
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* Go to the 'utilities' directory

* run the following command (Apache ANT has to be installed on the system) :

> ant release

This script will create a JPerf distribution into the 'release' directory.