Java plugin users on Mountain Lion nudged firmly toward Oracle

TUAW writes, We made mention of this last Tuesday night when the relevant software update hit, but apparently that level of attention wasn't adequate: scores of stories across the tech and conventional media are now trumpeting the fact that Apple has removed its homegrown browser plugin for Java from OS X with the Java 2012-006 1.0 update, and is encouraging users who need Java in web browsers to download the Oracle JVM directly. This is a notable change, but not surprising: Apple deprecated its own JVM exactly two years ago ("deprecated" = developer jargon meaning "We don't plan to work on this any more,...

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