I don't think that is the point that is being made there.<p>> Also, to the best of my knowledge, every single one of the publicly reported and publicly encountered Java applet exploits has been resolved by now in the currently available releases of Java.<p>(Cameron Purdy, SVP Engineering of Oracle Middleware)<p>Also the use of Java applets is negligible now, which is a point he also makes. It seems that the "time to ditch them" was somewhere in the past.