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Date: Sat, 02 Sep 1995 03:13:16 GMT
From: Paul Burchard (burchard@cs.princeton.edu)

Yes, main difference is embeddability

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Yes, the main difference between binary extensions and `helper apps' is embeddability. But in a larger sense the topic here is getting a richer inter-applet API for binary applets.

I certainly agree with you that non-portability is a strong moral argument against binary extensions. Unfortunately, it's not necessarily a good marketing argument against them. We'll have to see.

Paul Burchard