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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: DCop vs CORBA
From:       Mosfet <mosfet () mandrakesoft ! com>
Date:       1999-12-17 15:00:48
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Joao Neto wrote:
> 
> > > There are a couple of places where CORBA still makes sense.
> > > CORBA is cross-platform, so if you want to talk to an application running
> > > on WhateverOSThatWontRunKDE(tm), dcop is not the way to go.
> > >
> >
> > Hrm. If you mean Windows that is not a problem. There is the XML bridge
> > and Kurt has tested it with Windows clients ;-)
> 
> I read about it...
> But what if we want to control some CORBA application running in (eg) Wind***?
> The XML gateway only translates dcop to xml... The xml would have to be
> translated back to CORBA in Wind***.
> 

Sure, legacy applications support is a potential reason to build a
bridge - but that is not a cross-platform support problem. People can
easily build applications to talk to DCop on any platform. If they have
legacy applications that need a Corba interface that is a different
story.

> --
> 
> Joao Neto

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