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From Mike Harsh's blog: "So what is WPF/E? It is a cross-platform, cross-browser web technology that supports a subset of WPF XAML. WPF/E also has a friction-free install model and the download size we?re targeting is very small. WPF/E supports programmability through javascript for tight browser integration. The WPF/E package also contains a small, cross platform subset of the CLR and .NET Framework that can run C# or VB.NET code. Yes, we are bringing C# programming to the Mac."

The bit I'm concerned about is this: "WPF/E also has a friction-free install model".

Microsoft's "friction-free install models" have been a big-time security problem for the past decade. When they started down this road in 1997 the number of viruses and worms effecting windows increased by orders of magnitude, and became harder and harder to stop, because of their hard refusal to build a solid sandbox into their security model. They repeatedly poohpoohed sandboxed extensions like Java because of teh performance cost, and have continued to develop systems with "soft" sandboxes like the .NET framework since.

And, look here, "The WPF/E package also contains a small, cross platform subset of the CLR and .NET Framework that can run C# or VB.NET code."

I predict that this will prove a true windfall for malware authors.
Posted by: Resuna   Posted on: 04/16/07 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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.net Tools  Grayson Peddie | 04/16/07
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Finally a reasonable reply  xuniL_z | 04/16/07
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It works on MacOS and Windows.  B.O.F.H. | 04/16/07
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flex for me sorry MS  jimk_z | 04/17/07
and the ignorant have spoken  jimk_z | 04/17/07
The problem  SquishyParts | 04/17/07

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