A HN user should know better.
The JDK never had any bundles.
The JREs which are available at http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/inde... also never had any bundle, even on Sun days.
The only one with bundles is the download from http://java.com/ and even then, it isn't Oracle or Sun's fault if people lack reading skills.
EDIT: Truth hurts
Oh. I stand corrected.
> http://java.com/ and even then, it isn't Oracle or Sun's fault if people lack reading skills.
Registrant Organization: Oracle Corporation
The adware-bundled installer is provided by Oracle. Whether or not I know better to install adware is irrelevant (because I do, and that's why I don't currently have a JRE installed). Nowhere does Oracle indicate where you can get the JRE without the adware bundle. Your comment is the first time I have read that such an installer exists.
What is relevant is Aunt Tilly's experience - as any HN user should know. She is told by something that she needs Java, goes here[1], clicks on the first link and gets adware. That is victimizing the ignorant and is why I do not take Oracle, and by association Java, seriously. That is why Zulu is exciting - because maybe now I can correct that perception and start doing some Java.
Reality hurts.
<gasp> I might even have a JDK on my machine by the end of today.
This is great news for Windows users.