____/ [H]omer on Saturday 01 March 2008 03:34 : \____
> Doug Mentohl wrote:
>
>> "A recent string of high-profile ActiveX vulnerabilities caused the
>> U.S. Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) to advise users to
>> disable the ubiquitous Microsoft browser plug-in technology
>> altogether"
>>
>> http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/02/19/08NF-activex-horror_1.html
>
> "At Microsoft I learned the truth about ActiveX and COM and I got very
> interested in it immediately. Upon my return to Mexico Federico and I
> started to design a GUI control infrastructure for Unix that we code
> named 'GNOME'." ~ Miguel de Icaza.
>
> If I knew back then what I know now, I'd have become a KDE user.
Cool. Quote borrowed!
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