using com technology

[Tony Johansson]

Hello!!

Does anybody know if there is a newgroup for the COM family?

I know this is wrong group to ask I hope someone might know this easy
question.

When you use the COM(DCOM) technology is it possibly to use different
plattforms.
For example is it possibly to have the client on windows and the COM(DCOM)
servern on another plattform then windows.

So does COM(DCOM) support heterogeneous plattforms?

//Tony

 

[Michael Moreno]

So does COM(DCOM) support heterogeneous plattforms?

It works on MS Windows only.

 

[Jeff Flinn]

It works on MS Windows only.

I know of atleast one company that has ported com to unix sytems.

Jeff F

 

[Tony Johansson]

Hello!

I reading in a book and here it says "COM is an "industry-standard" software
architecture supported by Microsoft, Digital Equipment Corporation, and many
other companies.

So for me it seems that the COM technology is not only bound to the
Microsoft.

Do yoy agree with me out there?

//Tony

 

[jcoffin]

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I reading in a book and here it says "COM is an "industry-standard" software
architecture supported by Microsoft, Digital Equipment Corporation, and many
other companies.

DEC went out of business (was bought out by Compaq, which was
subsequently bought out by HP) years ago. I suppose HP supports COM to
some degree (at least on PCs) but I'm not at all sure they really
support COM much beyond that (e.g. I don't recall having heard of their
porting COM to HP-UX).

So for me it seems that the COM technology is not only bound to the
Microsoft.

There's no theoretical reason it has to be, but for most practical
purposes it is.