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Subject: Re: Interfacing ActiveX/COM-objects "natively" in Emacs
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> Cc: David Kastrup <dak@gnu.org>, emacs-devel@gnu.org, mathias.dahl@gmail.com
> From: "Jan D." <jan.h.d@swipnet.se>
> Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 22:00:22 +0200
> 
> But how can you tell if an object is a standard component in the OS or 
> not?  AFAIK anybody can make ActiveX/COM-objects.  Much like shared 
> libraries on Unix.

The COM interface itself is part of the OS.  Much like DND.