Re:Java applets: Time to ditch them
by royprins on Wednesday January 29, 2014 @06:05AM
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I don't think that is the point that is being made there.
> Also, to the best of my knowledge, every single one of the publicly reported and publicly encountered Java applet exploits has been resolved by now in the currently available releases of Java.
(Cameron Purdy, SVP Engineering of Oracle Middleware)
Also the use of Java applets is negligible now, which is a point he also makes. It seems that the "time to ditch them" was somewhere in the past.
> Also, to the best of my knowledge, every single one of the publicly reported and publicly encountered Java applet exploits has been resolved by now in the currently available releases of Java.
(Cameron Purdy, SVP Engineering of Oracle Middleware)
Also the use of Java applets is negligible now, which is a point he also makes. It seems that the "time to ditch them" was somewhere in the past.