Introduced in 2004, with many modifications, the fifth version of Java last weekend reached the status End of Service Life (EOSL). In the future to receive critical bug fixes, should comply with the recommendations of the Sun and either move the applications to the latest update of Java Standard Edition (Java SE), or use the issue of Java SE for Business Support, which provides up to 15-year warranty on older versions Java.
Three older contribs Java (1.3.1, 1.4.2) are long behind EOSL status, although in the case of Java 1.3.1 are not yet published updates for Solaris. Provision of technical assistance to version 1.4.2 suspended October 30, 2008 year. After reaching the status of the End Of Service Life no longer being developed security fixes. Therefore, users should consider to change trains on the Java SE 6 (latest update is numbered 16). As the Java installation programs do not remove the older software, they must be removed manually, for example, from the Windows Control Panel.