Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on September 11, 2003 04:11 PM
There are already ActiveX add-ons for Konqueror and Mozilla. (Konqueror developers were even short-sighted enough to give it <A HREF="http://www.konqueror.org/announcements/reaktivate.php" TITLE="konqueror.org">official sanction</a konqueror.org>.)
Likewise, there is a <A HREF="http://qtcsharp.sourceforge.net/" TITLE="sourceforge.net">C# interface for Qt</a sourceforge.net>. It is ostensibly there to provide support for Mono, but it can just as easily be used to access official Microsoft<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.Net components.
Thus the precedent has been set, and the pieces are falling into place for add-ons to allow Konqueror and Mozilla users to access Microsoft<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.Net-based web service sites. As with the ActiveX add-ons, Microsoft would hope that enough Linux users will be lazy and short-sighted enough to accept the<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.Net add-ons, thus relieving any pressure on web developers to avoid<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.Net for fear of driving away customers.
The end goal for Microsoft, of course, is Palladium lock-in for everyone.
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Or maybe Konqueror and Mozilla are the targets
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on September 11, 2003 04:11 PMLikewise, there is a <A HREF="http://qtcsharp.sourceforge.net/" TITLE="sourceforge.net">C# interface for Qt</a sourceforge.net>. It is ostensibly there to provide support for Mono, but it can just as easily be used to access official Microsoft<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.Net components.
Thus the precedent has been set, and the pieces are falling into place for add-ons to allow Konqueror and Mozilla users to access Microsoft<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.Net-based web service sites. As with the ActiveX add-ons, Microsoft would hope that enough Linux users will be lazy and short-sighted enough to accept the<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.Net add-ons, thus relieving any pressure on web developers to avoid<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.Net for fear of driving away customers.
The end goal for Microsoft, of course, is Palladium lock-in for everyone.
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