What is the big difference between launching Equinox via java -jar plugins/org.eclipse.osgi_3.6.0.v20100517.jar and using org.eclipse.equinox.launcher (basically, java -jar plugins/org.eclipse.equinox.launcher_1.1.0.v20100507.jar)?
I suppose that org.eclipse.equinox.launcher provides some added value, but what exactly?
equinox.launcher processes special arguments before starting osgi framework. If you want to know more, the best way is reading the source code of equinox.launcher.