Re: getting started

[Neil Vachharajani <nvachhar njcc com>]

On Thu, 27 Aug 1998, Miguel de Icaza wrote:

> 
> > If we design our services to be generic, then the implementations will
> > (hopefully) be interchangeable.  If we design our services by
> > exporting the capability of an existing application, then we are
> > (potentially) limited to a single implementation.
> > 
> > I think this is an important distinction.
> 
> I think you are absolutely right, I will in the future make obvious
> the distinction when I talk about this.
> 
> For example, I want to keep using Emacs RMAIL for reading my mail, so
> both Emacs RMAIL and Balsa would implement a GnomeMailer interface and
> my mailing facilities will still be integreated with the rest of the
> desktop. 
> 
> best wishes,
> Miguel.
> 
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I also agree.  It is very important to have a certain set of CORBA
interfaces that are standard so that everyone can implement them.  I
haven't actually written anything out yet, but I think we definately need
this kind of model for addressbooks, emailers, schedulers, etc.

Neil Vachharajani
nvachhar@pluto.njcc.com