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On Tue, 5 Feb 2013 13:28:47 -0500, STeve Andre' <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >On 02/05/13 13:24, David Graff wrote: >> Is anyone else in a situation where they need extended support on a >> now-defunct version of the Java Runtime? We run an application that will >> only work with JRE 6, which is hitting support EOL at the end of the month. >> The application launches through the browser plugin, and at the rate that >> Java vulnerabilities are coming out that could prove to be a huge liability. >> >Given the wonderful track record of Java as of late, I would spend >money to fix this if at all possible. NO ONE I know who uses Java >is resisting the move to 1.7 -- staying current with Java has proved >as important as keeping Flash current. > >If this is some proprietary thing, I'd lean heavily on the place that >makes it to allow for an upgrade. > >--STeve Andre' Unfortunately, 1.7 isn't an option. It's a canned product that is then customized in-house, and we are a couple releases behind. The latest version dumps the JRE for a standard Oracle Forms interface, but all the existing content has to be re-written before that upgrade can occur and I'm expecting that to take a few years. Believe me, I would love to rip out every single JRE install and never touch that terrible software again but it just isn't an option.