Does anyone know if OpenJDK suffers from the same problem or if it's been patched?
Paul Bagyenda <[email protected]> wrote: >Not really. They've been writing. For instance: > > http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/30/oracle_knew_about_flaws/ > >and > >http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/08/27/disable_java_to_block_exploit/ > >The thing that most people do not seem to be paying attention to is >that the way companies like Oracle work is very different from the way >free-stuff software people work. Everything in the Oracle space is >highly monetised. Revenue and so forth drives everything. (Which is not >to say they haven't been bloody good technically in some areas.) Now >all of a sudden they must support all ye freetards, per your rules! >There-in, to me, lies the pain. > >Which is to say, next time you reach for, say, MySQL, pause to >consider… > >P. > >On Sep 05, 2012, at 12:54, joachim Gwoke wrote: > >>> Message: 1 >>> Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2012 15:16:24 +0300 >>> From: Paul Bagyenda <[email protected]> >>> To: Uganda Linux User Group <[email protected]> >>> Subject: [LUG] Java7 woes >>> Message-ID: <[email protected]> >>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" >>> >>> In case you missed it, the way Oracle works collided nastily >>> with the way the free movement expects things to work. >>> >>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/03/java_cleanup/ >>> -------------- next part -------------- >> >> >> I am surprised it took this long for the Reg people to complain. >There has been a lot of noise elsewhere for about 10 days now about >this. People are disabling java use on systems most especially the *nix >crowd even telling their peers to wait 2 months. >> >> regards >> Joachim >> _______________________________________________ >> The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug >> >> Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: >[email protected] >> Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >> Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >> To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug >> >> The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >http://www.infocom.co.ug/ >> >> The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them >(including attachments if any). The mailing list host is not >responsible for them in any way. >> > >_______________________________________________ >The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > >Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: >[email protected] >Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ >Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug >To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > >The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: >http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > >The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including >attachments if any). The mailing list host is not responsible for them >in any way.
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