[Mono-list] HTML or XAML?

[Randy J. Ray]

>   I was just reading this article at ZDNet called "Microsoft patents 'HTML
> applications'", the title says it all, really.

I particularly enjoyed reading this paragraph:

According the application, the patent (no. 6,662,341) covers writing a 
standard HTML file that runs in its own window outside of the browser. This 
means, according to the filing, that the author of an HTML application file 
won't face the security constraints imposed by a browser. This relaxed 
security allows an HTML author to do things such as: read from a user's local 
computer; write to a user's local computer and perform scripting of frames 
between domains.

...because, after all, the MS platform is renowned for its security.

Randy
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