On Tue, 21 Jan 1997, william.wells wrote:
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> >From what I can tell, ActiveX and Microsoft's implementation of Java (which
> I've heard doesn't have a "sandbox"), effectively means that Microsoft could
> have complete accessibility should we elect to "honor" Microsoft's lack of
> concern for a company's desire to control their own destiny. It also seems
> that opening the firewall to Microsoft also opens the firewall to any other
> company which wants to write unfriendly applets/components.
>
>
It is true that there is no "sandbox" for ActiveX controls which is one
of the big differences between using Java applets and VBscipts. However
Microsoft has nothing to do with the sandbox for the applet. The sandbox
is provided by the browser if we are talking about an applet that comes
in with a web page. So if you are concerned about this use Netscape not
IE. If you are talking about a Java application then it is a different
matter.
Richard W. Reno
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