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Re: RMI in InterNet Explorers

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From: Bruno da Silva Bozza
Date: Tue, 02 Dec 1997 00:00
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Marc Jourdenais wrote:

> Here is Microsoft's published reason for excluding RMI support from the unpatched
> IE4  (taken from http://www.microsoft.com/msdn/news/rmijni.htm):
>
> ------------Microsoft Quote ------------------------------------------------------
>  Remote Method Invocation (RMI)
>
> (...)Java compatibility in any way, while

> some of the technologies we have added enhance Internet Explorer 4.0�s speed and
> overall performance.
> ---------End Microsoft Quote -------------------------
>
> In other words, Microsoft is protecting us from hurting ourselves with inferior
> technology.  Since RMI has nothing (!?) to do with Java compatibility and is instead
> a "proprietary Sun technology," we shouldn't be concerned.    I feel safer, don't
> you? :o)

    :-))) What do they want? "Thank you for not letting me choose?" For me it's allright
if they want to include DCOM in their VM, but don't leave off the package things that
are supposed to be there.
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From: Bruno da Silva Bozza <bozza@aol.com.br>
Subject: Re: RMI in InterNet Explorers
Date: 1997/12/02
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