I think the installation(option) of the Yahoo! Too...
Gregor Müllegger · 2010-11-22T10:07:58.143000
I think the installation(option) of the Yahoo! Toolbar is quite a long time already in the Java installer.
I might be wrong but I think I freaked already out about this before Oracle acquired Sun.
However I think there is an opt-out checkbox somewhere in the Windows-installer (which doesn't make the fact better that the Java Runtime Environment is indeed an adware through this politic).
@Gregor: Thanks for the information. Perhaps since...
Steve · 2010-11-22T10:13:52.814000
@Gregor: Thanks for the information. Perhaps since Oracle are a profitable corporation they can finally remove this blight on the language. I wonder why I never noticed this with the Sun installers?
It's been around since at least 2008: http://s...
Anonymous · 2010-11-22T22:00:56.784000
It's been around since at least 2008: http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2008/07/21/java-6-plus-yahoo-toolbar/
The real question is whether it is still opt-out or not (on a Mac so can't check).
I'm sure Sun was making something out of this deal financially. And having the world so hooked on the language means they don't have to worry about any blow-back that will impact the language just over a toolbar.
I think the installation(option) of the Yahoo! Too...
Gregor Müllegger · 2010-11-22T10:07:58.143000
I think the installation(option) of the Yahoo! Toolbar is quite a long time already in the Java installer.I might be wrong but I think I freaked already out about this before Oracle acquired Sun.
However I think there is an opt-out checkbox somewhere in the Windows-installer (which doesn't make the fact better that the Java Runtime Environment is indeed an adware through this politic).
@Gregor: Thanks for the information. Perhaps since...
Steve · 2010-11-22T10:13:52.814000
@Gregor: Thanks for the information. Perhaps since Oracle are a profitable corporation they can finally remove this blight on the language. I wonder why I never noticed this with the Sun installers?It's been around since at least 2008: http://s...
Anonymous · 2010-11-22T22:00:56.784000
It's been around since at least 2008: http://stuffthathappens.com/blog/2008/07/21/java-6-plus-yahoo-toolbar/The real question is whether it is still opt-out or not (on a Mac so can't check).
I'm sure Sun was making something out of this deal financially. And having the world so hooked on the language means they don't have to worry about any blow-back that will impact the language just over a toolbar.
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