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Oracle's plan to dump its Java browser plug-in  came as no surprise to two ISVs in the Java ecosystem, but they differ in their views on the viability of Java Web Start, Oracle's designated replacement for the plug-in. 

Oracle's JDK team has "wanted to [drop the plug-in] for some time," said Simon Ritter, deputy CTO at JVM technology vendor Azul Systems, in an email. "If you look at the security vulnerabilities reported for Java in the last few years, the vast majority have been in the plug-in, affecting browser-based applications. Since the Java plug-in is not part of the Java SE standard, Oracle -- or any other Java platform provider -- [is] under no obligation to support this."

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