Simon Hausmann wrote: [LOTS OF STUFF] Do I understand the problem correctly by stating that we need: * A uniform way to find the naming/service cq. trader. * A uniform way (idl?) to access this service. * A naming scheme (capabilities scheme?) shared across both desktops. That is then enough for an application to get a reference to the required CORBA service object. The naming server/trader (which one do we preferably use?) will need to know which CORBA services exist and how to activate them. If we can't agree on a common scheme for this, it should still be possible to support both scheme's right? Cheers, Waldo