Re: [libreoffice-users] Java

       Well, I guess I don't need it/them since any program I open seems to
work fine -
           except the A-V program every so often pops up stating my system
is in-secure due to some items not being up-dated  ;-)
                [I click to see to what they're referring - it's the
disabled java - maybe its not completely disabled, huh  ;-) ]



On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 11:25 AM, Dan Lewis <elderdanlewis@gmail.com> wrote:

      What are you using in LibreOffice that requires Java? Is there
> something that you would like to use that requires Java? If so, by all
> means update and enable it. Otherwise don't do anything about it.
>      I have Java enabled because I work with Base much of the time. (It
> requires Java.) Otherwise, I probably would not need it myself.
>
> --Dan
>
>
> On 03/22/2013 11:06 AM, anne-ology wrote:
>
> >         Yikes, now I'm confused; yes, again  ;-)
> >
> >         I've had java disabled on this machine; but maybe its time to
> > re-enable it - updating it  ;-)
> >
> >         Tom, do you know more re. java ...
> >              or Michael, do you know something more re. this.
> >
> >         Eagerly awaiting to hear what to do re. this java;
> >              and please remember I don't comprehend computerese  ;-)
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 8:26 AM, Michael Meeks <michael.meeks@suse.com
> > > wrote:
> >
> > Hi Tom,
> >
> > > On Wed, 2013-03-20 at 11:27 +0000, Tom Davies wrote:
> > >
> > > > Now that Oracle are in charge of developing it Java seems to be
> > > > increasing as a security risk.
> > >          You're smoking some good stuff here Tom ;-> Oracle are no doubt
> > > improving the situation they inherited in Java just fine. Last I heard
> > > rumour that RedHat were stepping up to support older versions too.
> > >
> > >          It's a sensible thing to use Java for writing cross-platform
> > > LibreOffice extensions. The only problem we have is with writing core
> > > functionality in Java - since we can't be sure of the presence of a
> > > suitable JVM on Windows machines.
> > >
> > >          HTH,
> > >
> > >                  Michael.
> > >
> > > --
> > > michael.meeks@suse.com  <><, Pseudo Engineer, itinerant idiot

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