ActiveX fututre

Hi All,
What is the ActiveX fututre?
I know that it was VBX -> OCX -> ActiveX.
1- Is the ActiveX is going to hanging there for a while ?
2- As the .NET will replace the COM/DCOM is there is a replacement to the ActiveX?
3- what about ActiveX.NET ?
Thanks

Those are all exemples of Component Oriented programming. .NET has Components, too.