Apple Releases Second Update to Java in Two Days

[Bensalama21]

So eventually all software will have to be downloaded from the App Store.

Jail-broken Macs? Who would have thought it.

There will always be an option to turn off that feature.

 

[Doug0915]

Will Apple Drop Java?

I predict that as a result of this Apple will be dropped as part of their internal updates COMPLETELY.

By handling the updates themselves they open themselves for being responsible for it.

 

[MuppetGate]

I predict that as a result of this Apple will be dropped as part of their internal updates COMPLETELY.

By handling the updates themselves they open themselves for being responsible for it.

True, and no one forced them to go it alone on Java. In fact, given that Apple's Java releases have historically run about a year behind everyone else's, I think most Java developers wish they hadn't.

Oracle put out a fix for this in February, and Apple didn't apply it to their own Java stack until they had a global PR problem. This could have been so easily avoided.

 

[mluisbrown]

Personally I wish Sun never created Java, only head aches since it came out.

Head aches like, for example, powering the back end of millions of internet services, including, probably, your bank's internet banking system and loads of other services you rely on every day. Yep, what a pain Java is...

 

[Eric S.]

Hi. Can you guys tell me whether you think my Macbook got infected?

Terminal commands for checking this were posted here:
http://www.f-secure.com/v-descs/trojan-downloader_osx_flashback_i.shtml

How was Apple meant to know about it before it was used for bad stuff. If Apple could know about these risks they would have a flawless operating system from the get go. Think about that for a minute.

Oracle distributed a fix in February but Apple was slow to follow up.

So I guess Leopard users are left out in the cold?