Re: GNOME & KOM/OP

["Anders W. Tell" <anderst toolsmiths se>]

Todd Graham Lewis wrote:

> On Fri, 7 Aug 1998, Phil Dawes wrote:
>
> > The books I have read on COM have had nothing bad to say about it,
> > but then they haven't been comparing it with other established systems.
> > There *are* flaws in COM, however there are also workarounds and these
> (...)
>
> Can we _PLEASE_ stop referring to COM here?  Miguel has (I think) made
> it clear that COM will not be used anywhere in GNOME.  It's going to
> be an OLE-like model over CORBA.  No COM to be found.
>
> OLE is not COM.  If you mean OLE, then say OLE, not COM!

Finally someone that sees the difference between a Component technology and the
use of it !


>
>
>
> I'm not knowledgeable enough to particpate in the larger debate, but
> _PLEASE_ stop implying that the forthcoming component model is in any
> way COM-based.  It make my ears hurt!  Elliot et al. wrote ORBit for a
> reason, darn it!
>
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