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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: CORBA on kde-core-devel
From:       Bavo De Ridder <bavo.deridder () cs ! kuleuven ! ac ! be>
Date:       1999-09-18 7:13:58
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On Fri, 17 Sep 1999, Daniel Naber wrote:
>On Fre, 17 Sep 1999, Bavo De Ridder wrote:
>
>> If someone could give us a good reason why we should use CORBA ... please
>> post it.
>
>> Besides, is there anyone here who could give an example of where a remote
>> component would really be interesting ?
>
>It could be interesting for everything. I'm typing this text now in a
>simple widget, which isn't powerful at all. If it was a
>"remote enabled component", I could just chose another component
>somewhere on the internet. No need to install, no need to care about
>upgrades.
>

Good example off course, but will that kind of behavior be there in KDE 2 or
will it only emerge in KDE 3 ?

>Please consider that remote components do not only open new 
>potential security holes but also close old ones: you do not need
>to install every little utility on your hardisk to test it.
>
>More and more people will have permanent net access. So IMHO, every
>desktop will heavily be based on remote components in the future.  We
>can now decide if we want to do so now, or if we want to wait two
>years and imitate other peoples' software then.
>
>Regards
> Daniel
>
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