Some of the discussion about the security of Java needs to be put into perspective. The reason that Java was desirable in the first place was that it provided increased power and flexibility. There is an inevitable trade off between this increase in power and the security risk of a system using Java. The security measures of Java provide the ability to tilt this balance whichever way is preferable. For a system where security is of paramount importance, using Java does not make sense; it is not worth the added security risk. For a system such as a home computer, many people are likely to find that the benefits of Java outweigh the risks. By this same token, a number of systems are not connected to the Internet because it is a security risk that outweighs the benefits of using the Internet. Anyone that is considering using Java needs to understand that it does increase the security risk, but that it does provide a fairly good ``firewall'' (to extend the Internet connection example).