Why CORBA?
- Distributed heterogeneous systems are the norm:
- There are always engineering tradeoffs with any
technology.
- Consumers are not brand loyal. We use the best cheap
stuff.
- Legacy systems seem to last forever.
- The Object Management Group (OMG) was formed in 1989 to develop,
adopt, and promote standards for the development of applications
in these environments.
- Largest software consortium in the world.
- OMA (CORBA), UML, CWM, Model-Driven Architecture.
- OMG publishes the standards. There are many companies that
implement them and sell ORBs.
- The OMG's goal is the "realization of a true commercial
off-the-shelf software component marketplace". This vision
drives the systems design.
José M. Vidal
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