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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. Re:Or... by Foofoobar · · Score: 0, Troll

    An interface standard? How is it a standard when no one uses it but Microsoft? Is it supported by the W3C? A standard of one isn't really a standard now is it.

    And why has it not become a standard? Because due to several security problems inherent in ActiveX that Microsoft refuses to do anything about, few want to adopt it and no one wants to standardize on it.

    A standard it is not.

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