> > the next is my opinion that you shouldnt run it on anything other than a
> > smartphone. i certainly wouldnt run it on windows due to security risks.
> Most of the security risks are in the context of a browser plugin... most
> browsers no longer allow Java to run.
> In the deskop context, if I can launch a Java application, I can launch any
> other kind of application, there's not really an extra security leak there.
Agreed.. I was wondering about that - For desktop applications, it seems to
me Java is basically another programming language available. I'm not sure if
there would be any extra security risk to running a desktop app just because
it's written in Java. If anything, I'd think there might be less security
risk because Java apps run in a VM. I'm not sure how Java apps would put your
system at risk more than apps written in other languages.
Nightfox
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