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Pro's and Cons of installing the JRE
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<blockquote data-quote="vansmith" data-source="post: 1325805" data-attributes="member: 71075"><p>OpenOffice and LibreOffice are both written with C++ and Java so you may not have used any parts yet that require Java.</p><p></p><p>Are there any particular security concerns that you're worried about? As far as I know, Java is relatively safe (it doesn't seem to be any more insecure than other software). It's also important to remember that no piece of software is bullet proof.</p><p></p><p>One thing to note about Java and OS X - Apple is responsible for distributing and packaging it for OS X and they tend to take their sweet time updating it. For instance, Java 7 was released about a month ago and I wouldn't expect to see it on the Mac for a while.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vansmith, post: 1325805, member: 71075"] OpenOffice and LibreOffice are both written with C++ and Java so you may not have used any parts yet that require Java. Are there any particular security concerns that you're worried about? As far as I know, Java is relatively safe (it doesn't seem to be any more insecure than other software). It's also important to remember that no piece of software is bullet proof. One thing to note about Java and OS X - Apple is responsible for distributing and packaging it for OS X and they tend to take their sweet time updating it. For instance, Java 7 was released about a month ago and I wouldn't expect to see it on the Mac for a while. [/QUOTE]
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