ionalizes it by saying, "If a thief steals you blind when you're not home, at least you'll know whom to jail"? I don't think so.
Any hostile ActiveX control worth its salt will erase all traces of itself before proceeding with the rest of the dirty work. Since ActiveX is Win32-omnipotent, it can do anything. ActiveX may have its place in the developer's toolbox, but it's not a suitable model for executable content.
Research scientist
Reliable Software Technologies
gem@rstcorp.com
no exception. -- David Linthicum
I want to thank the folks at BYTE for writing that excellent article, "ActiveX Demystified." There is, however, something that came to mind after reading it. Does ActiveX open Microsoft to a new era of unrelenting competition? Think about it. By dividing applications into objects that follow the Component Object Model (COM) spec, Microsoft has created many more targets subject to competition. It is difficult to unseat an entire suite of applications (as Corel has found out), but now, small and hungry software firms can target spelling checkers, TCP/IP handlers, peripheral drivers, and many other objects. Are we going the way of software widgets? Is Microsoft going the way of GM, where, in order to keep costs down, it will have to subcontract? The future that ActiveX will bring will be interesting indeed.
Joseph Almeida
Brampton, Ontario
joe.almeida@sympatico.ca
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