> Someone does not remember (or was not around) for the ActiveX or Flash days. "Hey wouldn't it be handy if every webpage can download binary code and run it?

> Someone does not remember (or was not around) for the ActiveX or Flash days. "Hey wouldn't it be handy if every webpage can download binary code and run it? Oh and let it talk to every DLL in the system as well. Super handy! What could go wrong?" - Microsoft in 1998 :) I mean sure we were all a bit naive in the 90s and 00s but did they really not see that coming?