JVMs (again) (was RE: What about Blobs?)

midrange-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

>   8. RE: What about Blobs? (Jeff Crosby)
>
>> Quite imperative that you use a recommended version of JVM.  
>> And don't assume that newer is better.  Now, IBM's fix 
>> central wants a newer JVM so now you get into a pi$$ing 
>> contest.  I put the people from Fix Central in contact with 
>> the people from Infocenter and now they see what my issue is. 
>
>So much for Java being portable.


I'm not sure this is the issue. To me it seems more an issue with the web-site 
developers rather than Java itself.

<rant>
On the web, I see more and more where sites _MUST_ use the latest and greatest 
of any trivial new feature that anyone anywhere dreams up. Gotta download the 
latest Flash/Macromedia. Gotta download the latest QuickTime. Gotta downloade 
the latest AcrobatReader. Gotta download the latest [insert any plugin here] in 
order to get the best possible experience [i.e., it might work].

And every single one has that license agreement stuff about "...may include 
3rd-party functions and by accepting this license, you automatically accept 
their licenses too" crap. There's essentially zero possibility of knowing what 
all is embedded into the functions that are embedded into the plugin you just 
installed. Spyware? Yes, in some cases. Incompatibilities with other software? 
Sometimes, yes. Necessary? Absolutely not.

I've been simply refusing every upgrade for a number of weeks and haven't felt 
I've missed out on a thing.

When sites such as InfoCenter begin to fail, then I'll seek out a new JVM, and 
that's as far as I go anymore. And I _don't_ download a new JVM _until_ sites 
fail.
</rant>

Tom Liotta

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