title: Is putting external jars in the JAVA_HOME/lib/ext directory a bad thing?
body: <p>We have an application which runs in a JRE environment.   The application uses some external jars and we have been putting them in the JAVA_HOME/lib/ext folder.   This has worked for us for years but recently a new programmer joined our team and seems emphatic that this is some how a bad thing to do.   I can't understand why and I'm trying to do some research before I dig further with this developer.   Is there something I'm missing here?   </p>