Not for Microsofties
PCs could waste three working weeks a year -survey
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Every employee who uses a personal computer can lose up to three weeks of working time a year tackling technology problems on his desk, according to a survey published on Friday.
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ActiveX, Java holes a product of Internet time
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"ActiveX's has no security model whatsoever," said Dr. Gary McGraw, a research scientist with Reliable Software Technologies, one of the
speakers at a seminar on malicious code. "If you believe that just because you know who wrote it, you can trust a piece of ActiveX code,
you will be in for a surprise."
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Microsoft bans Java applets from its Web sites
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Earlier this year, PC Week reported on the Java battles taking place inside the halls of Microsoft's Redmond, Wash., campus. Sources
told PC Week that after months of debates, Chairman and CEO Bill Gates told some of his key strategists in a closed-door meeting to
remember that Microsoft has a huge investment in Windows - effectively shutting off a small group of Java supporters hoping to more tightly
integrate Java into future operating systems and application development.
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The Real Reason for the *%$## Win98 Delay
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All three botched it. So you and I are stuck with fat and happy Microsoft doing whatever it wants. Whenever it wants.
Repeat after me one more time. Competition is good. Monopoly is bad.
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