Hello,
Sun/Oracle Java 6 is nearing its end of life in February:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/eol-135779.html
How is your experience with Java compatibility? What are your upgrade plans?
Till recently we just stuck to Sun/Oracle Java 6, which was working
relatively well, I mean compatibility here, and had a number of issues
with OpenJDK 6.
Now I am thinking if we should upgrade to Oracle Java 7 or to OpenJDK 7.
I remember reading that OpenJDK is the reference implementation on which
Oracle's Java is built, so I guess Oracle Java 7 and OpenJDK 7 should be
more inter-compatible than OpenJDK6 and SunJava6 used to be.
Personally I would prefer to use OpenJDK7 if possible. As Oracle is not
providing and not allowing to provide .deb packages, we had to build
them for deployment with each update and this will be the same case for
Oracle Java 7. Aside, there is a number of critical vulnerabilities in
all Oracle Java implementations, as per:
http://thenextweb.com/insider/2013/01/10/new-java-vulnerability-is-being-exploited-in-the-wild-disabling-java-is-currently-your-only-option/
We have a limited number of Java application that we need to run (Oracle
ERP, jitsi, and Juniper VPN), we'll need to cope with the migration
sooner than later. I guess it would not be that easy.
Has anyone seen any solutions for selecting the Java version required? I
know it should be pretty easy with standalone applications, but I mean
Firefox and plugins. AFAIK there can only be one active Java plugin? I
was trying to find an extension that I could use to select the Java
plugin for a particular site, but to no avail. Any ideas?
Cheers,
Ballock
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