[svlug] Programers out there; DCOM Linux - MS world connection

[Rick Moen]

Rafael quoted _Information Week_:

> "With the release of Windows NT® 4.0, a powerful new dimension to
> component programming has emerged. Distributed COM (DCOM) allows objects
> on different computers to communicate through common protocols,
> including Internet and Web-based protocols. Until this watershed event,
> object communication was limited to a
> single system, or required expensive programming or utility software to
> function over a network.
>
> SOFTWARE AG, working in conjunction with the Windows NT development team
> at Microsoft, has extended the reach of this powerful object development
> model. Now, with the availability of DCOM for the EnterpriseTM (DCOM
> FTETM), component communication can span all the systems in an
> organization, from PC to UNIX to
> mainframe. And familiar, proven COM interfaces provide the basis for a
> new generation of powerful, flexible, and adaptable application
> systems."
> ----
> I guess we (Linux users) won't be locked out from Win apps and
> administration of common objects when on the net.

Isn't "DCOM" what they used to call "Network OLE"?  Gaack!  The thought
of letting that hideous, bloated OLE code loose on a Linux box brings
back images of chthonian horror, from when I worked next to programmers
chained to dank cubicles and compelled to code that stuff.

> Where do you want to connect your Linux today?

How 'bout to the OpenDoc project, instead?

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