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Canonical To Remove Sun Java From Repositories, Users' Machines

Posted by timothy on from the you-mean-you-keep-it-networked? dept.

New submitter an_orphan writes "Apparently, Oracle's 'Operating System Distributor License for Java' is expired, causing Ubuntu to not only remove sun-java from the partner repository, but from user's machines."

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  1. Re:"from user's machines" by BradleyUffner · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The difference is that automatic updates are optional for Ubuntu, so if you've turned them on you have already opted in to Canonical managing your system.

    Right, Good when Linux does it, Bad when Windows does it. Got it.