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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: KDE Mindshare (or the lack thereof)
From:       mosfet <mosfet () jorsm ! com>
Date:       1999-03-05 17:29:30
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On Fri, 05 Mar 1999, Steffen Hansen wrote:
>> > Advanced Corba communication. Applications within the K Desktop Environment
>> > can take advantage of the OpenParts object model. Similar in theory to OLE II
>> > but based on a non-proprietary API, this allows users to embed applications
>> > within documents. OpenParts expands on this model, providing a general
>> > framework for applications to interact in a completely object oriented fashion.
>
>I dont think it's a good idea to compare KOM/OpenParts with ole2. Instead
>describe it as a proposed standard consisting of CORBA interfaces that sum
>up to an object model for document embedding and inter-app communication
>and then mention CORBA 5 times more and mention MICO, which is a great
>product :)

I think contrasting OpenParts/Mico to the MicroSoft OLE II API is important,
since the MS protocol is what Gnome decided to use. 

>
>greetings,
>--------------
>Steffen Hansen                              |
>email: stefh@mip.sdu.dk, stefh@imada.sdu.dk,|  
>       hansen@kde.org                       | ABC...VWXKZ :)
>URL:   http://www.mip.sdu.dk/~stefh         |

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