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Re:Packr – Packages Java apps for distribution on Windows, L... by mbreese on Sunday May 04, 2014 @11:08PM (#7696804)
You have the same advantages and disadvantages with static-linking in general. If you want an easily distributable application (non-enterprise), then I think something like this is a great middle ground.

The biggest attack surface for Java is from the web, so that should limit the disadvantages of embedding a JVM. So long as you aren't using your embedded JVM to load external code, you should be okay.

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Re:Packr – Packages Java apps for distribution on Windows, L... by BHSPitMonkey on Monday May 05, 2014 @04:49AM (#7697554)
The difference between this being that normally you're only linking specific libraries that you need, instead of an entire runtime and standard library. There's a lot of potential energy hiding in each of these packages.
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