[4261] in WWW Security List Archive
Re: Netscape and ActiveX (was Re: Sceptic ...)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bob Denny)
Thu Feb 6 10:19:28 1997
From: "Bob Denny" <rdenny@dc3.com>
Date: Thu, 6 Feb 1997 06:38:55 -0800
In-Reply-To: jwp@checfs1.ucsd.edu
"Netscape and ActiveX (was Re: Sceptic ...)" (Feb 6, 0:09)
To: WWW-SECURITY@ns2.rutgers.edu
Errors-To: owner-www-security@ns2.rutgers.edu
On Feb 6, jwp@checfs1.ucsd.edu wrote:
> That should really be "... Netscape can't YET execute..." since Netscape
> have said they will support it in the future.
I'll go on record with this: If Netscape really embraces ActiveX, for real,
it'll be the end of life for them as they know it. It may take 1-2 years, but
they'll collapse. Why? Because they will have admitted that Java can't cut it,
and their entire architecture is built on Java underpinnings.
> ActiveX capability is far too
> useful to be ignored by anyone seriously attempting to challenge MS in the
> business marketplace.
ActiveX is far too dangerous for anyone in the business marketplace to use
except in an all MS intranet. And then... they'll have created an island. Can
you say SNA?
-- Bob
