Java and Javascript have only those four letters in common. They are
completely unconnected in all other respects.
On 2018-02-17 19:54, john whelan wrote:
> JAVA script is used by web sites. It does not require JAVA to be installed.
>
> JAVA itself may or may not be a security risk the issue is that it has been
> declared one by the US government in the past and that means many
> organisations will not permit it to be installed.
>
> Relevant because it is a constraint and has an impact.
>
> Cheerio John
>
> On 17 February 2018 at 13:48, Nicolás Alvarez <nicolas.alva...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Curiously enough those same organizations and governments then run
>> Java web apps on their servers. Java isn't a security risk, Java
>> applets running inside a browser are the problem. And that's blocked
>> by browsers nowadays.
>>
>> I don't understand why this is relevant to the original discussion though...
>>
>> --
>> Nicolás
>>
>> 2018-02-17 15:27 GMT-03:00 john whelan <jwhelan0...@gmail.com>:
>>> The JAVA issue comes up as many use work machines and since JAVA has been
>>> identified by the US government as a security risk some time ago many
>>> organisations do not permit it's installation on their equipment.
>>>
>>> Which means in simple terms you can't use the building_tool plugin when
>>> mapping buildings and with new mappers that hurts data quality.
>>>
>>> Cheerio John
>>>
>>> On 17 Feb 2018 1:18 pm, "Mike N" <nice...@att.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On 2/17/2018 11:01 AM, James wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> except it wouldnt be multiplatform and only run on windows 🤢🤮. Java is
>>>>> a better alternative as it's a popular language and is multiplatform.
>>>>> C/c++
>>>>> is a bit more complicated and not everyone can contribute.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That's no longer true - .Net is open source and generates multiplatform
>>>> code and the C# language has an open source reference.
>>>>
>>>> That being said, Java is quite suitable for JOSM, and the security issues
>>>> would rarely if ever surface in JOSM. The big question is how well does
>>>> JOSM serve as an OSM editor? Quite well by a number of indicators.
>
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