[ale] ActiveX for LINUX?

[robbie at tomservo.mindspring.com (robbie at tomservo.mindspring.com)]

In our previous episode, Jim was heard to say:
> 
> Just when you thought it was safe, PC Week is now reporting that it will
> soon have ActiveX ported to LINUX and Digital UNIX. Can Internet
> Explorer be far behind? I shudder to think.

It was mentioned at AUUG tonight that Microsoft stated that the first
two Un*x platforms that would get IE ported to them would be
Solaris and Linux.

> No one has explained yet what ActiveX is supposed to do on a
> non-Microsoft platform.

It most likely involves mailing your password file to postmaster at every
site you visit, or allowing write access to your entire filesystem.
Those wacky folks at Micro$oft...

Robbie

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