Re: Java: the next platform-independent target

[Martin Gilje Jaatun <secse-chair () sislab no>]

On 2010-10-22 04:51, Kevin W. Wall wrote:
> In a large part, I think that people fail to patch Flash or Acrobat
> Reader for the same reason they forget about Java...out of sight, out of
> mind.* I think they believe that Windows Update solves (or should solve)
> *all* their patching needs.  I think many of the Linux distros have it
> right in that respect...one-stop patching pretty much for whatever you
> have installed from your Linux provider's distribution channel.
There are third-party vendors who do offer this as a service to Windows 
users - I know about the Danish company Secunia and their Corporate 
Software Inspector (CSI) service; there may be others out there.

-Martin
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