On 10 February 2016 at 23:22, jd1008 <jd1...@gmail.com> wrote: > >
> I am sorry to burst the bubble that was perpetrated by Sun Microsystems. > I worked at Sun Microsystems as a contractor and talked to a very senior > developer at Menlo Park. I knew this developer from working with him in > a previous company. Under my oath never to reveal his name, he clued me in > that the fictitious "sandbox" was the entire system. Sun was clever to use > the > term sandbox as a subterfuge for the silicon of the chips. > This "sandbox=entire system" was confirmed to me in an email from another > very senior developer who is still on this list, but will not expose his > name. > He confirmed that the sandbox is the entirety of the system. > Reason why some people will go to email flame wars on this issue is because > either it is their penny at stake, or they are obeying their superiors. Without details as to what language and vm it refers to unfortunately this is not a very useful anecdote. The plugin sandbox that firefox or edge use is not the same as a javascript sandbox in netscape (was there one?), or a java sandbox. -- imalone http://ibmalone.blogspot.co.uk -- users mailing list users@lists.fedoraproject.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
