The Java browser plug-in may be exploitable, but not so much "Java" itself. I understand, of course, that the label "Java" gets applied to a bunch of qualitatively different things. But using the label to cloud and misrepresent matters to users is irresponsible and unethical. No one likes applets, not even Java people. But almost no one deploys them anyway. The Java platform itself (the back-end: language, JVM, appserver--which, btw, routinely runs on much more secure OSes than the IIS-standard Windows) is less exploitable than the Microsoft equivalent combination (.NET runtime, IIS+Windows OS), and it's this (either intentional or ignorant) implicit false comparison of applets (a marginal use of Java) with _anything_else_ that's incorrect. Best, Forty

Right, well this particular one is a partisan straw-man. When was the last time you embedded ActiveX managed code in your page? Probably never--I haven't. It's not as if the ability to run .net code on the client ships with most browsers by default as core functionality. And if such a feature were offered: - The list of 'sploits would be a thousand miles long, and definitely not available before release (as if such an expectation were even reasonable or made sense); - Everyone would turn it off; - It would not count as a strike against the .net platform, but rather against the sandboxing policy in the browser. I can't wait til HTML5 hits critical mass. Let's see how well the security issues around this are managed by M$. I'm betting on Not Well. Anyway, even snarky comments should make sense! ;) Best, Forty

> A comprehensive list of exploits will be available sometime after you deploy... ...and this bit of snark has what relevance for anyone reading the article?

@Jim- Java in your browser (that is, running an Applet) is beside the point.

The Stainless Steel Rat series was one of my favorites growing up. Harrison was a terrific writer. This is a sad day.

The title of your post sends the wrong message. The US congress sends the wrong message. The corporate elite monopolists and propagandists for fascism send the wrong message. Wikipedia sent the RIGHT message, and it was a phenomenal success. Now go crawl back into your mincing, chicken-necked little hole.