ActiveX [RE: TBTF for 11/10/97: Blum Blum Shub]

Joe Barrera (joebar@MICROSOFT.com)
Thu, 13 Nov 1997 09:47:22 -0800

> (Apologies, Joe... I know that the ActiveX name has been dropped, but
> I can't for the life of me remember what your marketing department is
> calling it these days).

Um, I think the new name is... ActiveX. (see
http://www.microsoft.com/activex/) I think msft is emphasizing COM more now
(ActiveX just being another COM based technology) because folks were getting
confused and thinking that ActiveX was somehow replacing COM.

- Joe

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