Re: OS/2 dead? Yes, it is!

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From: Chris Phillipo
Date: Fri, 21 Mar 1997 00:00

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In message <xessp1pwid6.fsf@hlrz11.hlrz.kfa-juelich.de> - Elmar Jobs
<jobs@hlrz11.hlrz.kfa-juelich.de>21 Mar 1997 13:16:05 +0100 writes:
:>
:>os2@mistik.express.net (Mustafa Soysal MS57) writes:
:>
:>> >Just a comment about home user: they general don't really seem to care
:>> >about security or at least know what to do about it.
:>> 
:>> Home users do care about their security, how would you like your HD
:>> formatted each time you used IE or NS to see some website?
:>
:>First you open your system for everybody and then you complain about
:>that? How smart.
:>
:>If you use IE (not possible on OS/2, we're lucky), maybe even with
:>ActiveX enabled or NS with JavaScript enabled the result is YOUR
:>problem. Don't blame the OS for using totally unsecure technologies.
:>
:>Will you blame the OS if you download a program from an unknown
:>website only to discover that it's a virus? There is nothing more
:>unsecure than a user who always want's to have the
:>lastest-greatest-most-colorful!
:>
:>   Elmar

If Active X is part of the OS and can't be disabled under normal use.  Who's
fault is it?  I have Javascript disabled in Netscape, in MSIE I just hope for
the best.
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From: webmaster@tread.pair.com (Chris Phillipo)
Subject: Re: OS/2 dead? Yes, it is!
Date: 1997/03/21
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