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OFFTOPIC (was: Re: ActiveX - Big Brother threat (was: ...))




On Wed, 29 Apr 1998, Uri Bruck wrote:

> Who said anything about ActiveX?
> Uri

[... some paranoid warnings about Big Brothers who use
                                             ActiveX were snipped ...]

> > On Mon, 27 Apr 1998, Schlomo Schapiro wrote:
> > 
> > [... snipped ...]
> > 
> > > ... I think we still should be in arms against M$-conform
> > > web-designing with all kind of propriety extensions that only run on
> > > Windows/IE. I think the great danger lies there and NOT in the encoding
> > > issue. The moment all the interactive parts need ActiveX or any of their
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> > > other 'features', all non-M$ users are left out and maybe still able to
> > > see the page, but not contribute.

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