5 Mar
2013
5 Mar
'13
10:20 p.m.
On Tue, Mar 05, 2013 at 02:10:02PM -0800, John R Pierce wrote:
sad, really, as one of Java's original goals was to be a completely sandboxable environment.
I was just discussing this very issue with someone the other day. That was such a huge marketing factor in the beginning. And we waited. And waited. And waited. And it never materialized.
I wonder... is Java really getting worse, or is it that the hackers are getting more sophisticated and finding ever more fiendish ways of violating systems ?
I think it's sort of a little of both. Tools and people are getting better and the people maintaining Java aren't getting any better.
John
--
What the world needs is more geniuses with humility; there are so few of us
left.
-- Oscar Levant (1906-1972), American pianist, composer, author, comedian,
and actor, as quoted in "On the 8th Day -- God Laughed" (1995)
by Gene Perret, pg 95