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[Atul Jha <Atul.Jha@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Pawel,

I wish other architects could learn this from you. :)
Using vendor independent apps.

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Well... Java topic is a tricky one recently ;)

Due to security and compatibility concerns we have decided to move away from Java-based solutions already few years ago. Step-by-step we started to implement different tools that are not so much one-supplier-dependent (like based on HTML5).

For those tools that need to operate on Java we moved to OpenJDK that supports most of our needs well. For those missing points we have received quite good support from Canonical, who were able to influence particular changes in this package.

Pozdrawiam,
Regards,
Pawel
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On 23 January 2013 14:31, Bolesław Tokarski <boleslaw.tokarski@xxxxxxxxx<mailto:boleslaw.tokarski@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote:
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

Cheers!!

Atul Jha

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