On Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:04:12 +0100, Carl Jokl <[email protected]> wrote:
It is pretty blunt in the assessment, just get rid of it, you won't
miss it once it is gone. For a lot of people sadly it might be true
and maybe those who play Minecraft won't be reading an article like
this anyway.
Link:
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/security/ten-little-things-to-secure-your-online-presence/9901?tag=nl.e539
He's not the first and won't be the last. As it's not the first silly
thing published by zdnet and won't be the last. The author proves also a
substantial incompetence and ignorance of the real world, as if he's
really concerned about Java security holes, he should explicitly warn
people about not installing and using applications that embed a Java
runtime. BTW, to me it's clear that the trend will be to have Java-based
desktop applications to embed a Java runtime, given that Java probably
won't be pre-installed any longer on Mac OS X (and it has been not
pre-installed on Windows for years). For instance, the very popular
Cyberduck application (do'h, a popular application made with Java!) has
recently started shipping with an embedded runtime:
http://groups.google.com/group/cyberduck/browse_thread/thread/455979b080390980
Apple itself is working on an official feature for OpenJDK 7 which is a
pre-cooked JRE bundle to be embedded in apps.
The fun thing is that in this way, unless the application developer cares
by himself for upgrades, the JREs won't be automatically updated for the
latest fixes. As it often happens, people believe to act smarter and ends
up dumber.
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