It's time for Apple to wake up and smell the coffee, errr, Java!
Friday, 24. August 2007, 14:27:10
This makes no sense at all. I know Apple has been busy, but come on!
We Mac users have been waiting a long time for the Java 6, update 2! By the time they get it done, Java 6, update 3 will be available for the other OSes fixing yet more vulnerabilities!
Oh, wait ... too late for that, right? This one's been out since July 2007: FastSilicon.com - Newly Discovered Java Security Flaw Affects *ALL* Platforms.
I have had Java turned off in my browser since October 2006!! As Ryan Naraine stated in his ZDNET blog, Mac users waiting months for ‘critical’ Java runtime update, "One big problem. It’s August 2007 and Apple’s Java runtime has not yet been updated, meaning that millions of Mac OS X users are at risk of remote code execution attacks."
It's no wonder my Jim refuses to even install SUN Java at all!
First SUN was slow on getting it fixed in the first place (for all OSes), and now even though it's been fixed for all OTHER OSes, we Mac users still are waiting for the update to be pushed out by Apple. What's the hold up? Apple's had the code since the May 2007 when Java 6 update 2 came out for the other OSes, so what gives?
And while we are talking about third party addons, what about Flash? When will that be updated for the Mac?
Apple, if you are not going to keep up with critical updates to the third party addons, unbundle the addons, and give the third parties the information they need to do make a Mac version when they do it for all the other OSes.
I love the Mac! So don't get me wrong here, but Apple's Mac is at least as popular as Linux. I use them both -- Java is fixed for Linux and still not for the Mac?! I sure hope they will be putting it out soon.
We Mac users have been waiting a long time for the Java 6, update 2! By the time they get it done, Java 6, update 3 will be available for the other OSes fixing yet more vulnerabilities!
Oh, wait ... too late for that, right? This one's been out since July 2007: FastSilicon.com - Newly Discovered Java Security Flaw Affects *ALL* Platforms.
I have had Java turned off in my browser since October 2006!! As Ryan Naraine stated in his ZDNET blog, Mac users waiting months for ‘critical’ Java runtime update, "One big problem. It’s August 2007 and Apple’s Java runtime has not yet been updated, meaning that millions of Mac OS X users are at risk of remote code execution attacks."
It's no wonder my Jim refuses to even install SUN Java at all!
First SUN was slow on getting it fixed in the first place (for all OSes), and now even though it's been fixed for all OTHER OSes, we Mac users still are waiting for the update to be pushed out by Apple. What's the hold up? Apple's had the code since the May 2007 when Java 6 update 2 came out for the other OSes, so what gives?
And while we are talking about third party addons, what about Flash? When will that be updated for the Mac?
Apple, if you are not going to keep up with critical updates to the third party addons, unbundle the addons, and give the third parties the information they need to do make a Mac version when they do it for all the other OSes.
I love the Mac! So don't get me wrong here, but Apple's Mac is at least as popular as Linux. I use them both -- Java is fixed for Linux and still not for the Mac?! I sure hope they will be putting it out soon.
as often as I can. But it might not be as often as I'd like since we are very busy folks! But please check back often as I hope to talk more about this in the coming days, weeks, months, years even! LOL!
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