--- jython2.7a2clean/Lib/platform.py	2012-05-24 15:50:24.000000000 -0600
+++ jython2.7a2/Lib/platform.py	2012-05-30 00:19:01.000000000 -0600
@@ -989,6 +989,8 @@
     if sys.platform in ('dos','win32','win16','os2'):
         # XXX Others too ?
         return default
+    elif sys.platform.startswith('java') and os._name == 'nt':
+        return default
     try:
         f = os.popen('uname %s 2> /dev/null' % option)
     except (AttributeError,os.error):
@@ -1013,6 +1015,8 @@
     if sys.platform in ('dos','win32','win16','os2'):
         # XXX Others too ?
         return default
+    elif sys.platform.startswith('java') and os._name == 'nt':
+        return default
     target = _follow_symlinks(target).replace('"', '\\"')
     try:
         f = os.popen('file "%s" 2> /dev/null' % target)