Yes, of course. But what do you really think, Marcus? On Jan 14, 2013 9:47 PM, "Marcus G. Daniels" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 1/14/13 5:33 PM, Tom Johnson wrote: > > Update on the update: > U.S. says Java still risky, even after security update > > http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/14/us-java-oracle-security-idUSBRE90D10P20130114 > > Microsoft CLR has had similar problems.. > > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/MS10-060 > http://www.dhses.ny.gov/ocs/advisories/2011/2011-040.cfm > > In practice Microsoft and Apple have a streamlined and automated update > system. Other than that (that JVMs and Java libraries are comparatively > stale), I don't see any reason to think that the JVM ought to be more or > less porous than the .NET CLR. > > For example, I take scheduled operating system updates (whether it is > Linux or Mac or Windows) right away, as well as browser updates (Firefox is > pretty fast and basically automatic), but I am annoyed when Java wants to > update, esp. on Windows where it is decoupled from O.S. updates, and sits > in the notification area generally nagging me to take 10 minutes to do a > heavy upgrade that I mostly don't need. > > So I claim that Sun/Oracle/Java is mostly guilty of failing to tightly > integrate with desktop operating systems. (Android not being desktop and > it was not done directly by Oracle.) > > Also Oracle is a victim of Java's success. It's a successful platform for > portable code deployment. It's great that DHS and security companies just > define that away as insignificant and gratuitous. > > And this in contrast to C++ and C native code ABIs that can suffer buffer > overrun exploits all over the place..? > > Marcus > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com >
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