Thomas said:
RobG wrote:
^^^^^^
I beg your pardon?
Gosh Thomas, did you decide to mark my stuff for homework? I'll reply
to just this one.
I was commenting on Ed's request to hide source code and suggesting that
supplying binary executables was one way of 'hiding' the source.
I consider it has failed because getting users to download binary files
for use over the web as a general method of providing functionality on
web sites has been tried but is extremely rare.
Most surfers won't even download plugins, they just use whatever came
with their PC and if that doesn't work, they'll go elsewhere. Some
banks used to require users to download programs to run for internet
banking which were generally only for Windows - all the ones I know of
have now switched to using open standards that work in any (modern)
browser on any platform (hurrah for that).
True, however Java applets do not require ActiveX/COM per se.
I'm not suggesting that they do, I'm suggesting that ActiveX and Java
are technologies that can be used for applets. They aren't necessarily
mutually exclusive, or dependent, or the only technologies available but
they are probably the most common and best known.
Could you please elaborate on what you mean by "Xwindows"?
As in "X Window System", e.g. X11. I think you knew that.