Re: Java Memory question
On 03/18/2011 08:37 AM, Eric wrote:
On Mar 17, 9:47 pm, Lew<no...@lewscanon.com> wrote:
On 03/17/2011 04:22 PM, Eric wrote:
On Mar 17, 3:25 pm, Lew<l...@lewscanon.com> wrote:
The difference between minor upgrades is not memory management, it's
security and bug fixes. If you are on a Java 6 version prior to u24,
then you are deliberately hanging on to major security flaws and bugs.
Is that really prudent?
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Lew
I'm not too concerned with security flaws as long as it's running on
our LAN. If anyone outside the LAN could, or anyone inside would
exploit any security flaws, then we've got other security issues.
Bug fixes are always nice to have though not necessary if they're
unrelated to any of our code. We want to avoid upgrading if there's
no need for it and any possibility of introducing new bugs.
If you think a newer update is "only security and bug fixes", you
might want to educate yourself.
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/6u18-142093.html
I was speaking, of course, of recent upgrades. If you want to get into the
Wayback Machine, u10 was also a major upgrade. Such are the exception, not
the rule. You might want to educate yourself.
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Lew
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Just admit you were wrong.
I admit you are wrong.
You are wrong for being trollish.
I said "I hear there may be significant memory management improvement
in Update 18."
You said "The difference between minor upgrades is not memory
management, it's security and bug fixes."
Once again, since you seemed to deliberately miss what I said, despite quoting
it, "I was speaking, of course, of recent upgrades." For that matter, I note
that you have not even *attempted* to refute the main point I made, which is
that by not upgrading to u24 you are not getting security upgrades nor bug
fixes. You pretended that the only relevant part of that was defense against
external attacks, which it isn't, and act like you don't need to investigate
any further because I was wrong about u18 having performance improvements, as
if that were relevant to the point.
OK, so I will, for your sake, say that I was wrong, that there are
occasionally other fixes besides bug and security fixes. Congratulations.
You still have bugs and security holes by not upgrading.
So go ahead and ignore this next question, it will harm only you.
Is that really prudent?
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Lew
Honi soit qui mal y pense.