Re: Java - JRE, SDK Java Web Start

[Blue Boar <BlueBoar () thievco com>]

Even Sun's own installer will not remove previous versions. Even when
the security hole was that you could explicitly request a previous
version at runtime.

No sir, I don't like it.

                                BB

jfvanmeter () comcast net wrote:
> How does everyone feel about java being installed by vendors in a propriety path i.e. program 
> files\mysoftware\bin\jre\1.4.0\ and never patching it. 
>
> I ran an enterprise scan to looking for javaws.exe and found it in 175 unique paths. Should they be held accountable 
> for the patching of java when they install it?
>
> I had one vendor who installed java 1.3 and 1.4, and when I ask them about it. There statement was “you don’t have 
> the modules that require those versions you can just delete them”
>
> How does everyone patch Java that is not installed in its default location?