[Techtalk] why is Active X in web pages evil, but not Perl/PHP/Javascript?

[Carla Schroder]

hola techtalkers,

As the subject line says, why is Active X in web pages evil, but not 
Perl/PHP/Javascript? I have some vague notions about operating system 
architecture and being too friendly to remote code execution, but I would 
appreciate some precise notions from people who know. 

thanks!

-- 
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Carla Schroder
http://www.tuxcomputing.com
check out my new book, the "Linux Cookbook", the ultimate Linux user's 
and sysadmin's guide! http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linuxckbk/
this message brought to you
by Libranet 2.8 and Kmail
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~