Oracle's Java Company Change Breaks Eclipse 397
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crabel writes "In Java 1.6.0_21, the company field was changed from 'Sun Microsystems, Inc' to 'Oracle.' Apparently not the best idea, because some applications depend on that field to identify the virtual machine. All Eclipse versions since 3.3 (released 2007) until and including the recent Helios release (2010) have been reported to crash with an OutOfMemoryError due to this change. This is particularly funny since the update is deployed through automatic update and suddenly applications cease to work."
Well that's it... (Score:4, Funny)
Clearly... (Score:3, Funny)
Tangentially related, what does the following do:
doItRecursively(doWhatIWant()) { return doItRecursively(doItFaster(doWhatIWant()); }
I'm guessing it does it instantaneously...or never.
Re:Using a company field to extract key VM info? (Score:5, Funny)
Mind you, it isn't their fault as such, but pissing off all of those using Eclipse is mightily retarded.
I can't help but feel that most Eclipse users won't notice one more source of random crashes on startup.
Developers Developers Developers (Score:4, Funny)
Re:You'd figure that if there were one Java app... (Score:3, Funny)
Why? They can just tell everyone to use NetBeans or JDeveloper!
Write once huh? (Score:5, Funny)
Write once, run nowhere?
Re:Well that's it... (Score:5, Funny)
I am beating myself over the head... There is not a single programming culture left that I can identify with. :(
If you're into a self-harm, you should check out Java.
Re:Ironically... (Score:4, Funny)
It's true, but the first two characters are just padding.
it's const char *osname = "UnBreakable Linux" + 2;
Re:Fucking Retard (Score:4, Funny)
Look again, I most certainly am NOT fucking you!
Lemme guess, you're sweating bullets wondering if you're going to spend all night pissing on fires while the C guys laugh at you and drink beer?
This is why I use Open Source (Score:1, Funny)
Because Open Source software never breaks.
Re:Well that's it... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Oracle Responded Well (Score:2, Funny)
The definition of 'immediately' depends on who you are. If you're MS patching a security vulnerability, "immediately" may mean 60 to 90 days.
Re:Oracle Responded Well (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Ironically... (Score:3, Funny)
Old & busted: DOS isn't done till Lotus won't run.
New hotness: Java isn't done till Eclipse won't run.
Re:IT'S ALREADY FIXED!! (Score:3, Funny)
You mean it's possible to make poor design decisions and write shit code whatever your language/platform of choice? Say it ain't so...
Re:Yes and no... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Reminds me of some windows progs back in the da (Score:1, Funny)