On 02/01/2010 06:47 PM, NoOp wrote: > On 02/01/2010 06:10 PM, Robert Kaiser wrote: >> Philip Chee wrote: >>> On Mon, 01 Feb 2010 16:12:13 +0100, Robert Kaiser wrote: >>>> Phillip Jones wrote: >>>>> Its JavaScript not Java. Java is pretty secure now. >>>> >>>> Actually, Java isn't more secure than JavaScript, it's just that Java >>>> isn't used that much any more - >>> >>> Really? Perhaps you should tell Google that because they seem to be >>> using Java extensively. Example: Android. Even googlemail is written in >>> Java. >> >> I meant "Java as a plugin". And then, even Java in total is decreasing. >> Maybe people just don't want to do business with Oracle, the creator and >> home of Java (yes, it is now) or it's just that the language is useless >> enough - make your own judgments. >> >> Robert Kaiser > > I think that perhaps you need to go back on vacation: > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_(programming_language) > > Perhaps you mean Sun Microsystems; soon to be Oracle. So I reckon that > we'll just shut down OpenOffice.org and other FOSS programs that depend > upon Java for the wizards et al? How about
Sorry, should have been: http://www.gromurph.org/javascore/ > and multiple other Java based programs that I use on a regular basis? > > http://kb.mozillazine.org/Java Regarding security; there were some issues with Fx 3.0.x: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-19/ and of course there are more recent issues: http://secunia.com/advisories/search/?search=java but none that I see in SeaMonkey of late: http://secunia.com/advisories/search/?search=seamonkey or Firefox: http://secunia.com/advisories/search/?search=firefox So unless you know something more about Java issues than the above, I wonder where your statements originate from. _______________________________________________ support-seamonkey mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/support-seamonkey
