OmniORB(py) compared to ICE? (was: ANNOUNCE: Ice 2.0 released)

2004-12-15 Thread Wolfgang Keller
> "The Internet Communications Engine (Ice) is a modern alternative to > object middleware such as CORBAĆ¢ or COM/DCOM/COM+. Ice is easy to learn, > yet provides a powerful network infrastructure for demanding technical > applications. Ice shines where technologies such as SOAP or XML-RPC are >

Re: OmniORB(py) compared to ICE? (was: ANNOUNCE: Ice 2.0 released)

2004-12-15 Thread Joshua Adam Ginsberg
On Wed, 2004-12-15 at 22:48 +0100, Wolfgang Keller wrote: > > "The Internet Communications Engine (Ice) is a modern alternative to > > object middleware such as CORBAĆ¢ or COM/DCOM/COM+. Ice is easy to learn, > > yet provides a powerful network infrastructure for demanding technical > > applicati

Re: ANNOUNCE: Ice 2.0 released

2004-12-09 Thread Michi Henning
On Thu, 9 Dec 2004, Duncan Grisby wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > Michi Henning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [...] > >Instead of compiling the definition, you can write: > > > >Ice.loadSlice("Color.ice") > >import M > > > >print "My favourite color is ", M.Color.blue > >

Re: ANNOUNCE: Ice 2.0 released

2004-12-09 Thread Duncan Grisby
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Michi Henning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] >Instead of compiling the definition, you can write: > >Ice.loadSlice("Color.ice") >import M > >print "My favourite color is ", M.Color.blue Just like this then? omniORB.importIDL("Color.idl") imp

Re: ANNOUNCE: Ice 2.0 released

2004-12-08 Thread Michi Henning
> Does the Ice team claim any advantages to their Python bindings to > CORBA over omniORBpy (The one I am currently using). [...] > But I was wondering if there are any dynamic language > oriented improvements in ICE bindings? The Ice Python mapping is simpler than the CORBA one because Ice has a

Re: ANNOUNCE: Ice 2.0 released

2004-12-03 Thread James Stroud
> > PS: Please feel free to set FU-Ts as appropriate. > > What are FU-Ts? "It took me 3 hours to figure out FU meant 'Felix Unger'."" -- Oscar Madison, The Odd Couple MTC. -- James Stroud, Ph.D. UCLA-DOE Institute for Genomics and Proteomics 611 Charles E. Young Dr. S. MBI 205, UCLA

Re: ANNOUNCE: Ice 2.0 released

2004-11-30 Thread Marc Laukien
apm wrote: Marc Laukien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... 100% of the Ice source code has been developed by ZeroC employees. Fixes, bug reports, and enhancement requests have come in from Open Source developers around the world, as can be seen from the forums on the

Re: ANNOUNCE: Ice 2.0 released

2004-11-30 Thread Diez B. Roggisch
> I believe whichever road you take, ZeroC is going to find itself in > problems. If ZeroC merges the changes made by this/these person(s), > how can ZeroC now sell it under a commercial license, as closed source > (violation of GPL)? If you refuse to merge the changes, you have just > given them

Re: ANNOUNCE: Ice 2.0 released

2004-11-30 Thread apm
Marc Laukien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > 100% of the Ice source code has been developed by ZeroC employees. Fixes, bug reports, and enhancement requests have come in from Open Source developers around the world, as can be seen from the forums on the ZeroC web

Re: ANNOUNCE: Ice 2.0 released

2004-11-30 Thread Marc Laukien
Consider the *hypothetical* situation where an individual or a group of people re-write large portions of Ice. This could enhance the value of Ice (obviously to some, if not all), or this could conflict with the ideologies of Ice (again, not in everyone's point of view). How will ZeroC react to t

Re: ANNOUNCE: Ice 2.0 released

2004-11-30 Thread Anand Hariharan
Marc Laukien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > > (...) > > Am interested to know, what "percentage" (*) of the code in your CVS > > repository has been contributed by people other than the group > > mentioned in the quote above? Obviously, you do not allow anonymo

Re: ANNOUNCE: Ice 2.0 released

2004-11-30 Thread Marc Laukien
Interesting to see this blend of GPL and an alternative for closed-source software. Not totally unrelated, I saw this in your web-site (Ice vs CORBA page): No "Design by Committee" Ice was designed by a small group of dedicated and highly experienced people. Am interested to know, what "percent

Re: ANNOUNCE: Ice 2.0 released

2004-11-30 Thread Anand Hariharan
Marc Laukien <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... > > I'm sure this is a wonderful thing, but your announcement gives absolutely > > no clue as to what Ice is or what it is used for. > > > > Please include an executive summary when you make an announcement like > > this