On Thu, 15 Feb 2001 09:19:03 PST, Mark Nottingham <mnot(_at_)akamai(_dot_)com>
said:
KnowNow holds the connection open. Then it adds some JavaScript
and, voila, you have a mini-server inside the browser. You're not
necessarily using lots of bandwidth, but you are pretending, in
Nothing new here that wasn't already available the instant browsers
started supporting Java. And considering the contrasting security
models of Java and Javascript, and the track records so far, this looks
like a giant step backwards....
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Valdis Kletnieks
Operating Systems Analyst
Virginia Tech
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