If you installed the security update that Oracle Corp released some two weeks ago to fix a zero-day vulnerability in Java, you must have noticed the patch installing something else that has nothing to do with fixing the flaw.
Not surprisingly, a few users were miffed. Sometimes called crapware by critics, software that is bundled with a new PC or other software packages without the express knowledge of the user has been the bane of users for decades.
However, according to reports from Networkworld.com, Oracle has given no indication it will end the practice.
At a conference call with Java User Groups, Donald Smith, head of Oracle’s OpenJDK team, said contractual obligations prevented him from commenting on the subject of bundling deals. He also did not say if Oracle would stop the annoying practice.
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He says, all too often it is hard for many software developers who have poured their money on developing their app to say no when firms like InstalMonetizer approach them with bundling deals.
Read the whole Networkworld story here