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Subject: Re: Early Remark about Applet security
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On 12/8/2013 8:21 AM, Stefan Ram wrote:
 >    It is somewhat
>    ironic that during the last few years it were exactly the
>    security problems that have killed not VB/VBA on the web,
>    but Java applets. (The classic VB was »killed« by Microsoft,
>    when they wanted to enforce VB.net.)

Is there any VB/VBA applets left on the web?  Or did I misunderstand 
your question?

Same question for .Net:  What .Net applets do you see?

Maybe it's just the websites that I happen to visit, but I never see a 
.Net applet, and I do occasionally see a Java applet.