Comments on: Quick Mention: Miguel de Icaza @ Microsoft (Updated)

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 05:59:54 +0000

He got interested in ActiveX??

The mind just boggles…

Its the single most stupid idea next to sending raw binaries through the browser.

By: Roy Schestowitz

Roy Schestowitz — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 13:56:24 +0000

BRAD SMITH: “[…] Novell already has an agreement with us that covers all of these patent rights. Some other companies, such as Xandros and others, also have a patent license. So they’ve already addressed all of that, and their users are already addressed. With respect to other distributors, and users, the clear message is that patent licenses will be freely available.”

STEVE BALLMER: “Patents will be, not freely, will be available.”

So, Mr. Ballmer and Mr. Smith, how much will it be for TCP/IP? [sarcasm/]

By: Stephane Rodriguez

Stephane Rodriguez — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 13:48:47 +0000

Typo : “convulated” ==> “convoluted”.

By: Stephane Rodriguez

Stephane Rodriguez — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 13:47:20 +0000

The truth he has learned is probably that the COM/ActiveX source code is actually totally cross-platform (Windows and Unix builds), and it’s only proprietary by being very convulated, not straight interfaces with simple semantics.

By the way, if you have $40,000 in your bank, you can purchase the actual COM/ActiveX source code : http://www.opengroup.org/comsource/

By: Victor Soliz

Victor Soliz — Sat, 01 Mar 2008 12:39:46 +0000

ActiveX

Yiuck.