[TheLawyerFormerlyKnownAsAl]

What does the developer of Java have to say about this?

[SoFloFreeper]

I think they are working on a fix....

[jjotto]

Oracle is keeping silent so far, though the problem is very serious.

http://www.oracle.com/index.html

http://www.oracle.com/us/technologies/java/overview/index.html

[central_va]

I am a java developer and I am not going to disable java.

Look at this way, security experts would tell you that a house would be safer from POSSIBLE forced entry if it had no windows at all. It would be safer yet unlivable.....