[Info-vax] OpenVMS Technical Journal v18 and Flash

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 5/13/2012 4:19 PM, David Froble wrote:
> Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 5/10/2012 12:20 PM, Michael Unger wrote:
>>> On 2012-05-10 17:36, "Jan-Erik Soderholm" wrote:
>>>> Not that this is either uncommon on todays internet, or that it
>>>> is particular "crasy", but I agree that it isn't realy needed...
>>>
>>> It is at least rather uncommon for PDF documents. Flash simply is a
>>> rather high security risk due to lots of errors, it has to be updated
>>> even more often than the Adobe Reader itself according to lots of CERT
>>> advisories.
>>
>> Updating stuff when you use the internet is a fact of life today.
>>
>> OS, browser, Java, Flash, AcrobatReader etc.etc..
>
> Forcing someone to be as careless as the sender is rather rude, sort of
> like stepping out in front of a bus, and dragging those around you along
> with you.
>
> Perhaps I don't want to read something badly enough to step in front of
> a bus.

About 95% of internet users have Flash installed.

Arne