[1756] in java-interest
RE: Netscape/Java -- press inquiry
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Nelson Yu)
Sat Sep 16 07:42:12 1995
From: Nelson Yu <nyu@gpu.srv.ualberta.ca>
To: "'java-interest@java.sun.com'" <java-interest@java.sun.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Sep 1995 01:51:02 -0600
Kim,
>I cover the Internet and online services for Computerworld and am =
working >on a story about Netscape's announcements this week. Among =
other >aspects, there were a lot of Java tie-ins. Along with overall =
better support >for Java in Netscape Navigator 2.0, for example, =
Netscape plans to add a >new mail facility lets users send and receive =
Java applets embedded in >messages. Also, Netscape announced a scripting =
language based on >Java and the fact that 2.0 will have Java runtime =
interpreters.
Egads!!... more multi-platform virii....
A friend brought me a disk with *.DOC files and said he must have gotten
a virus and that he could no longer read his Word files. I immediately =
thought to myself, "newbie, only EXEs and boot sectors can be affected =
by viruses"
The following is from our Computing and Network Services department =
here.
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A new virus written in the Microsoft Word for Windows v. 6.x macro =
language (WordBasic) has been reported to be in the wild in several =
countries.
The virus, known as WinWord.Concept, Word Prank Macro or WW6Macro =
infects Word DOC files. It also works under Microsoft Word for Macintosh =
v. 6.x, making this the first multiplatform virus. The virus also =
replicates in Microsoft Word run under Windows 95 and Windows NT =
environments.
The virus gets executed when an infected Word document is opened. After =
this, all documents that are saved with the same copy of Word get =
automatically infected.
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Hmm.. the first multi-platform virus and it was written in BASIC of all =
languages.
Shows how portable it is... :-)
>What are your initial impressions? Is Netscape now the best browser for =
>interacting with Java applications? Does it matter in the long run?=20
To misquote Keynes.."I think long run is misguided. In the long run we =
are all dead."
Java 'applets' IMHO are nice toys, but they just might be as hated as =
Netscape's <BACKGROUND> or <BLINK>
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