A secure democratic Net is a fundamental right

Sun was making a total mess of its Java installations. Old versions stayed and there were different versions. THe result was not only that it ate diskspace but older programs weren't obliged to upgrade and up their security and performance. These older versions on the computer became even a security hazard.

Is Sun cleaning up its act ? In the new update of Java JDK http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp there is a function that looks like a desinstallment of the older versions but there are doubts that is works automatically. Maybe that is the first step and the automatic auto-cleaning will come afterwards.

Untill than you will have to destroy these old versions by hand. And if software is still working with Java that is totally insecure, you can pose yourself a few questions about that software.