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And most IT Admins know that the best place to get the installer isn't from Java.com that has crapware built into the installer but from the link below which doesn't have crapware built in.

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/inde...

I think it's not that nerd outrage isn't a force for change, it's that nerds just find a workaround like this link, and then move on with their life. The rest of people get stuck w/ toolbars, supercookies, etc.

You can also use Ninite, which solves this kind of problem for quite a few popular software packages without having to remember specific workarounds for every one.

That's why he added the 'home computer' bit.

Most Fortune 1000 company's managers also hate Java/Oracle, but it was the safe choice at some point (where the alternative was probably SAP), and now they're locked in.