Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Roedy Green Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: The Revenge of the Geeks Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2013 04:30:43 -0800 Organization: Canadian Mind Products Lines: 21 Message-ID: References: Reply-To: Roedy Green NNTP-Posting-Host: K2Qzzs3EAqXk5RLzfhxcSw.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 6.00/32.1186 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:21641 On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 06:41:45 -0800 (PST), Ramon F Herrera wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted someone who said : > "A close look at how Oracle installs deceptive software with Java >updates" WinZip is one of the worst. You really have to keep your wits about you these days to avoiding installing junk. It is quite undignified of a product like Java to stoop that low. I hate it when companies buy out smaller companies. The products always deteriorate or disappear entirely. I would like to start pressuring everyone to put the name of the product and version on any download button. -- Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products http://mindprod.com The first 90% of the code accounts for the first 90% of the development time. The remaining 10% of the code accounts for the other 90% of the development time. ~ Tom Cargill Ninety-ninety Law