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Microsoft Bows to Eolas, Revamps IE

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the here-ya-go dept.

Tenacious Dee writes "The patent quarrel between Microsoft and Eolas takes a strange turn with an announcement from Redmond that the Internet Explorer browser will be modified to change the way ActiveX controls are handled. A Microsoft white paper details the behavior change."

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  1. Eolas!? by vodkamattvt · · Score: 3, Funny

    Who's the plucky sidekick now, Hercules!?!? Eolas takes care of business!

  2. People are still using IE? by Progman3K · · Score: 2, Funny

    Easy, easy joke...

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  3. Re:Uninformative blurb by eargang · · Score: 3, Funny

    Informative blurbs? you must be new here.

  4. It could be worse, it could be .NET by mangu · · Score: 4, Funny
    I hope ActiveX is removed, rather than improved. It would reduce people's dependancy on the browser


    I recently saw someone at work trying to install the 7 CDs of Visual Studio .NET


    After that, I came to believe maybe ActiveX isn't so bad after all...

  5. Re:What this means for other browsers by crazy+blade · · Score: 4, Funny

    Well then, Microsoft should patent their work-around so that others can't use it!


    Don't you just love software patents? :-P


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  6. Re:Uninformative blurb by Crusty+Cracker · · Score: 2, Funny

    OMG I hope Lynx is safe.