Frank Wales wrote:
Q: What do you have if you get a million gallons of ketchup, a camel,
a roulette wheel and the phone number of an Australian soldier?
A: The shopping list for a barbecue, as prepared by the OMG.
At least, that's the impression I get after reading this
ACM article on how they coughed up the CORBA hair ball:
http://acmqueue.com/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=396&page=1
Hi,
For the uninitiated, the author of the article, Michi Henning, used to
be a CORBA guru and evangelist, and is the author of various books on
the subject. He now works for a company selling a proprietary
alternative called ICE.
Personally, I think the summary of CORBA's position is:
(1) it has some rough edges and is inelegant in places
(2) some of its potential use cases have been addressed with
simpler/dumber alternatives
(3) it is no longer fashionable
(4) there is no replacement for it in general
__Jason
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