On Thu, 12 Mar 1981, Wolfgang Lenerz wrote:
> Most people on this list have access to a PC, are another machine
> (UnixBox) which already has Intrernet progs, else they wouldn't be
> on this list. I, for myself, use a PC. Somebody on this list recently
> suggested that a Browser under QDOS/SMSQ/E doesn't make
> much sqense, since the people already on this list wiould be better
> of using their native browser, rather than yours under QPC under
> Windows.
IIRC that person said, that a Browser under QDOS/SMSQ/E makes much sense
if it's run on a Wintel machine. For people that solely have a QL a
browser makes a lot of sense.
> This is a sensible argument, but I don't agree with it, for one simple
> erason: I don't TRUST PC browsers (nor email programs). They are
> often full of security holes, and are much too large, and often do
> things behind my back which I don't know about.
You may be right that you cannot trust Windoze or some of its programs.
But what is a "trusted" SMSQ/E browser worth, if the data flows on the
basis of QPC and the underlying "untrusted" M$ Windoze?
> This, hopefully, won't happen with a QL browser - but to be sure of
> that, I'd like the source code so that when something "interesting"
> happens, I could see for myself...
>
> Wolfgang
Bye
Claus
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