RE: component architecture

[<jheintz iconcomp com>]

Sorry, but that wasn't me talking!  Credit goes to Tom Tromey.

Really good questions though.

John

>-----Original Message-----
>From:	Jason Gilbert [SMTP:jason@scott.net]
>Sent:	Thursday, March 05, 1998 12:06 PM
>To:	gnome-components-list@gnome.org
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>Subject:	Re: component architecture
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>John D. Heintz wrote:
>> 
>> > We'll use the CORBA Event Service as the core of the event manager.
>> >
>> > Basically all of our "additions" will be just convention:
>> >
>> >
>> > * Conventions for event types.
>> >
>> > * Conventions for event naming
>> >
>> > * Our service will be located at a particular place in the namespace
>
>I have some questions for you about the Event Service.  At a time when I
>actually had some time I read through alot of stuff about it.  I guess
>my main question is will there be one event channel per user or one main
>gnome event channel for a machine that multiple users use.  Obviously,
>there could be one gnome event channel for the whole LAN using CORBA. 
>However, w/ the multiple user issues we would have to have filtering in
>the Event Service.  There is the yet-to-be-an-official-standard
>Notification Service that will supply this as an extension of the Event
>Service.
>
>One other question,  I've seen people mention things about having a
>favorite editor or browser or whatever.  Couldn't this be implemented
>using the Trader Service (which someone is working on for mico).  then
>at some point you favorite browser is registered, etc and when you want
>an "object" to view an html file you ask the Trader Service and it gives
>you the program you prefer.  Sort of like the ToolTalk Server in CDE
>(they mentioned it in the article on CDE in the latest LJ).
>
>jason
>
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>fat programs. We can let them run somewhat inefficiently because there
>will be so much horsepower that just sits there. The real focus won't
>be who can cram it down in, or who can do it in machine language. It
>will be on who can define the right user interface and properly
>integrate the main packages." -- Bill Gates, PC Magazine 1982
>
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