Java officially shuts down Windows XP support

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The XP εξακολουθούν να είναι εγκατεστημένα σε περισσότερα από 25% των επιτραπέζιων υπολογιστών σε όλο τον κόσμο, και παρόλο που το ποσοστό αυτό φαίνεται ότι δεν είναι ακόμα έτοιμο να μεταβεί σε μια νεότερη έκδοση του λειτουργικού συστήματος, οι εταιρείες τρίτου λογισμικού σταματάνε η μία μετά την άλλη την for the XP platform.

Such is the case with Oracle, the popular Java company, which silently "killed" its support for Windows XP in the latest versions of its program.

On July 15th, the day Oracle releases its monthly product updates, it will have none για τους χρήστες των Windows XP, ενώ η επερχόμενη έκδοση Java 8 δεν θα λειτουργήσει καθόλου σε αστήρικτο λειτουργικό σύστημα της Microsoft.

In a statement released for ZDNet , Oracle explained that the company has decided to abandon support in Windows XP because Microsoft is no longer supporting it and recommends that users who are still running this feature upgrade to a newer version of Windows as soon as possible.

Essentially, Oracle said more or less the same thing as Microsoft, stressing that it is vital for XP users to upgrade in order to stay safe. However, the company has promised to keep Java 7, which runs on Windows XP, up-to-date as much as possible to keep users who have not yet upgraded away from any which could target their computers.

"As you know, Microsoft no longer supports Windows XP and recommends that users upgrade to the latest versions in order to maintain a stable and secure environment. Oracle makes the same recommendation for its users running Java on Windows, and also recommends that users stay up to date with the latest Java updates, ”said Henrik Stahl, Java VP Product Management.

“There are some compatibility issues with Java 8 on Windows XP, since XP is an unsupported platform. We are looking for ways to resolve these . For now, we'll keep Java users on Windows XP safe by releasing security updates for Java 7 on an ongoing basis. Java users on newer versions of Windows can choose between Java 7 and 8, and depending on their choice they should update to the latest Java 7 or 8 security updates, respectively."

In other words, Java 7 that runs on Windows XP will continue to receive security updates but the new Java 8 will not be installed in XP (at least not correctly).

Java has always been a very vulnerable part of the software that exposed computers to attacks, so Oracle is clearly starting to want to abandon Windows XP once and for all. However, abandoning XP is clearly a step that will be made by any software company sooner or later, as with so many older versions of Windows, such as Windows 2000, vista, etc.,

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