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staticbrain t1_j9ngwal wrote

Reply to comment by carminemangione in Microsoft cofounder Bill Gates says the rise of AI poses a threat to Google's search engine profit by Nsaxon

Would love to see the journal about the ActiveX stuff.

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carminemangione t1_j9no8ix wrote

I have a copy in my library, let me check.

Directions on Microsoft, by Redmond Communications June 1996.

ActiveX: Microsoft's Internet Client Development Strategy

It was highly controversial as it was hyper critical of the strategy. Basically, activeX was exposing raw C++ pointers to the internet (the basis of COM). My boss thought it would cause problems with Microsoft but it was the highest selling copy mostly to groups in microsoft.

Don't know if you can find that one... although the follow on on Microsoft's Java strategy the next month is also quite enlightening.

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