Hi
23 Mar 2001, Clarence Verge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> It forces the ordainary user into using you know what and the whole
>> beast feeds on itself.
CV> This is a meme.
CV> The idea that communication of any form on the internet requires
CV> Win$!$%^ is self replicating, and just like a virus.
Not really ...
As long as there are standards which can be implemented freely there is not
really a problem !
And there are only 2 expections to this rule ... and guess what both come
from M$.
These are Active-X and a proprietary extension to Java.
SUN sued M$ for saying that their version of Java is Java compliant (tm)
and SUN won ...
M$ is not allowed to label their products Java compliant any more.
(sure ... M$ java looses it's platform independance and runs only on
windows ... and the platform independance is THE big strength of java ...
write once - run everywhere)
CV> Javascript is like HIV for the internet. It isn't necessary but still
CV> it spreads through indiscriminant use.
what is necessary ??
Why do we use http and not gopher ??
JavaScript would only be a problem, if you were not allowed to implement it
in your own projects.
This is NOT the case ...
CV> As with most virii, the cure requires some modification of the
CV> virus's ability to replicate successfully.
JavaScript doesn't have such a capability ...
I have never seen that my browser modifies local HTML files to include
JavaScript, when I loaded a site which uses JavaScript ...
So it doesn't fit the definition of a virus.
CV> Without a silver bullet, the best we can hope for is to increasingly
CV> isolate more of the uninfected world from the source of the
CV> infection.
??
CV> Sometimes, a competing virus is required to do the job in the end.
??
2 virii can usually coexist in one individuum.
CV> To create awareness of the problem we must complain.
look at some recent browser statistics ...
as long as the vastest majority has the capability to interpret JavaScript,
most people think that it is OK to use it.
CV> The competing meme isn't Linux. :(
says who :))))
CV> - Clarence Verge
CU, Ricsi
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