I guess that the bundling allows things to keep working but it is not exactly efficient that every Java app has to bundle its own Java with it. I mean it has been typical for Windows games for example to have the required version of DirectX bundled with it but this was an installer so in theory it was installed so every app could use (albeit it still meant each one has ended up bundling its own copy of it. Not ideal but I suppose it works.
I suppose if I was a political spin doctor I could argue that there would be no point asking people to remove Java if so many people didn't have it installed already. The whole bundling other apps and having the option checked by default is certainly a genuine pain. I think the bad feeling generated by this is not worth the revenue generated. It is not as if Java was the only installer that did this, Flash was a big culprit too. Every time something tries to bundle something else with the option checked by default it annoys me. On Jan 12, 11:11 pm, "Fabrizio Giudici" <[email protected]> wrote: > Just adding that the embeddable JRE is described by this issue: > > http://java.net/jira/browse/MACOSX_PORT-105 > > Might be worth while voting for it. > > -- > Fabrizio Giudici - Java Architect, Project Manager > Tidalwave s.a.s. - "We make Java work. Everywhere." > [email protected]http://tidalwave.it-http://fabriziogiudici.it -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en.
