Re: Java and NC

Nils.Myklebust@idg.no (Nils Myklebust) wrote: >Also look at www.iona.com for CORBA (reasonably prices as opposed to >some others), www.thoughtinc.com for very interesting middelware class >library whic will be integrated with several dev.tools., of course >cafe.symantec.com for Visual Cafe and a pletora of other tools, >libraries and applications where one startingplace is www.gamelan.com I'm not sure I want to use CORBA directly. I would rather use a tool which totally encapsulates CORBA underneath. There were a few articles in the press recently that said that companies have successfully implemented CORBA projects but in hindsight they would not do it again because the integration work they had to do meant that they ended up with something that was difficult to maintain. Some of them have now moved to Forte because it is cheaper than trying to do it yourself. >:Their VJ++ tool and >:AFC class library shows that they are taking Java seriously although >:surprisingly, VJ++ can't produce a Windows EXE (yet). >I wouldn't touch the AFC class library if it can at all be avoided. >This may be made into the major attack on Java and it's portability by >Microsoft. Yes. That is why they are serious about Java. In 5 years time, they want the average programmer to think that Java comes from them not Sun. David David W Chan GO5 Limited david@go5.com (work) dwc@cix.compulink.co.uk (home)