On Sat, Oct 5, 2013 at 9:21 AM, Patrick <patrick at spellingbeewinnars.org> wrote: > Hi Everyone > > I am considering learning Java. There have been well publicized Java > security incidents recently that make me not want to learn it. > > However it's in Centos and I trust Centos, are the concerns in the media > blown out of proportion ? > The security issues mostly related to running programs with the browser plugings and they seem to be mostly fixed. As far as using it as a server-side or standalone programming language goes it is as good as anything else. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell at gmail.com