Re: Java - To install or not to install

From	Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies>
Newsgroups	comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject	Re: Java - To install or not to install
Date	2016-10-08 20:22 +0000
Organization	Miskatonic U
Message-ID	<slrnnvilc7.16i2.g.kreme@snow.local> (permalink)
References	<2016100809200284022-xxx@yyyzzz>

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In message <2016100809200284022-xxx@yyyzzz> 
  gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> wrote:
> In the meandering "sierra" thread there's all this back and forth about 
> java being mandatory/not mandatory for another application.  I don't 
> care about that application.

> But I am struck curious by so many folks apparently adamant that java 
> not be on their system.  Is this reluctance wide-spread or predominant? 

It is widespread. Java is a massive gaping security clusterfuck that no
one who cares at all about security would ever willingly run.

-- 
'You make us want what we can't have and what you give us is worth
nothing and what you take is everything and all there is left for us is
the cold hillside, and emptiness, and the laughter of the elves.'

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Java - To install or not to install gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-10-08 09:20 -0700
  Re: Java - To install or not to install Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-08 16:25 +0000
    Re: Java - To install or not to install gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-10-08 11:56 -0700
      Re: Java - To install or not to install gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-10-08 11:59 -0700
        Re: Java - To install or not to install Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-08 19:37 +0000
          Re: Java - To install or not to install gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-10-08 13:53 -0700
      Re: Java - To install or not to install Michael Vilain <mev94303y@yahoo.com> - 2016-10-08 14:01 -0700
      Re: Java - To install or not to install dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2016-10-09 11:42 +1100
        Re: Java - To install or not to install gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-10-08 17:46 -0700
  Re: Java - To install or not to install "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-08 14:13 -0500
  Re: Java - To install or not to install Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-08 20:22 +0000
  Re: Java - To install or not to install dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2016-10-09 11:41 +1100
  Re: Java - To install or not to install Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2016-10-08 21:20 -0400
    Re: Java - To install or not to install Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2016-10-08 23:43 -0400
      Re: Java - To install or not to install Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-09 04:24 +0000
      Re: Java - To install or not to install Davoud <star@sky.net> - 2016-10-09 10:59 -0400
        Re: Java - To install or not to install Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2016-10-09 16:41 +0100
          Re: Java - To install or not to install Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-10-09 18:21 +0200
            Re: Java - To install or not to install Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2016-10-09 17:40 +0100
            Re: Java - To install or not to install Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2016-10-10 12:43 -0400
          Re: Java - To install or not to install nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-09 12:47 -0400
            Re: Java - To install or not to install Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2016-10-09 18:45 +0100
              Re: Java - To install or not to install gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-10-09 11:37 -0700
                Re: Java - To install or not to install nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2016-10-09 14:40 -0400
                Re: Java - To install or not to install Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-09 23:02 +0000
                Re: Java - To install or not to install Phillip Jones <pjonescet@comcast.net> - 2016-10-09 19:39 -0400
                Re: Java - To install or not to install befr@eaglesoft.de (Bernd Fröhlich) - 2016-10-10 09:11 +0200
                Re: Java - To install or not to install gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-10-16 15:42 -0700
                Re: Java - To install or not to install Michael Vilain <mev94303y@yahoo.com> - 2016-10-16 22:20 -0700
                Re: Java - To install or not to install Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2016-10-15 13:44 +0200
                Re: Java - To install or not to install Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2016-10-15 13:37 +0100
                Re: Java - To install or not to install Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2016-10-15 17:44 +0200
                Re: Java - To install or not to install Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2016-10-15 15:54 +0000
                Re: Java - To install or not to install Alan Browne <alan.browne@freelunchvideotron.ca> - 2016-10-09 15:12 -0400
                Re: Java - To install or not to install gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-10-09 16:29 -0700
                Re: Java - To install or not to install Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-10 05:39 +0000
                Re: Java - To install or not to install Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2016-10-10 09:05 +0100
                Re: Java - To install or not to install dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2016-10-10 09:59 +1100
                Re: Java - To install or not to install gtr <xxx@yyy.zzz> - 2016-10-09 16:30 -0700
                Re: Java - To install or not to install dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2016-10-10 14:12 +1100
          Re: Java - To install or not to install dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2016-10-10 09:57 +1100
        Re: Java - To install or not to install Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-09 17:47 +0000
        Re: Java - To install or not to install Michael Vilain <mev94303y@yahoo.com> - 2016-10-09 16:47 -0700
        Re: Java - To install or not to install Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2016-10-10 12:40 -0400
          Re: Java - To install or not to install "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-10 17:30 -0500
            Re: Java - To install or not to install Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2016-10-12 11:28 -0400
              Re: Java - To install or not to install "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-12 11:58 -0500
      Re: Java - To install or not to install "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-09 13:22 -0500
    Re: Java - To install or not to install Paul Sture <nospam@sture.ch> - 2016-10-15 13:36 +0200
  Re: Java - To install or not to install Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2016-10-09 09:51 -0400
    Re: Java - To install or not to install Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2016-10-09 15:48 +0100
      Re: Java - To install or not to install "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-09 13:24 -0500
        Re: Java - To install or not to install Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2016-10-09 19:53 +0100
      Re: Java - To install or not to install dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2016-10-10 09:55 +1100
    Re: Java - To install or not to install Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-09 17:45 +0000
      Re: Java - To install or not to install Nelson <nelson@nowhere.com> - 2016-10-10 05:19 -0400
        Re: Java - To install or not to install Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-10-10 11:51 +0200
        Re: Java - To install or not to install befr@eaglesoft.de (Bernd Fröhlich) - 2016-10-10 11:51 +0200
          Re: Java - To install or not to install Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-10-10 12:24 +0200
            Re: Java - To install or not to install befr@eaglesoft.de (Bernd Fröhlich) - 2016-10-10 12:51 +0200
              Re: Java - To install or not to install Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-10-10 13:19 +0200
                Re: Java - To install or not to install Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2016-10-10 13:03 +0100
                Re: Java - To install or not to install Peter Köhlmann <peter-koehlmann@t-online.de> - 2016-10-10 14:29 +0200
                Re: Java - To install or not to install Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2016-10-10 14:03 +0100
                Re: Java - To install or not to install befr@eaglesoft.de (Bernd Fröhlich) - 2016-10-10 15:27 +0200
                Re: Java - To install or not to install "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-10 17:43 -0500
                Re: Java - To install or not to install Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2016-10-10 12:49 -0400
                Re: Java - To install or not to install Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-10 13:41 +0000
                Re: Java - To install or not to install "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-10 17:38 -0500
                Re: Java - To install or not to install Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-10 23:18 +0000
                Re: Java - To install or not to install "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-11 17:30 -0500
                Re: Java - To install or not to install Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2016-10-12 11:26 -0400
                Re: Java - To install or not to install Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-12 16:45 +0000
                Re: Java - To install or not to install "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-12 12:06 -0500
                Re: Java - To install or not to install "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-12 12:17 -0500
                Re: Java - To install or not to install "Happy.Hobo" <Happy.Hobo@Spam.Invalid> - 2016-10-12 12:05 -0500
            Re: Java - To install or not to install dorayme <do_ray_me@bigpond.com> - 2016-10-11 09:50 +1100
        Re: Java - To install or not to install Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-10 13:38 +0000
          Re: Java - To install or not to install Barry Margolin <barmar@alum.mit.edu> - 2016-10-10 12:51 -0400
            Re: Java - To install or not to install Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2016-10-10 23:16 +0000

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