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Hi Ray, Ray said: [Why do I have to choose between DCOM, CORBA, or RMI, why can't I have all?] Good Question. And I agree on that. The problem is that RMI is owned by SUN and some _licencee_ are trying hard to transform Java from solely a manufacturer property to a real standard owned by the collectivity. DOM is already owned by the collectivity and implemented or being implemented on several platform: Microsoft (windows), Software AG (several Unix), Bristol (Several Unix), Linux group (Linux) CORBA has some free implementations and some products from manufacturers. Of course, actually these technologies are contrary to the thin client - fat server philosophy because they need to be installed on the client first (except DCOM which comes with Windows) and are not part of W3 activity (exception for HTTP NG which occupy the transport level and not the interface definition level - and is managed by IETF more than W3 - Thanks, at least this workgroup is _really_ democratic and do not need membership based on fees like W3 does). We'll see if Linux group will integrate at least the two public standards: CORBA and DCOM. Actually, within the group there is work on both. Sorry but RMI is the property of SUN (look at the license contract) and cannot freely be integrated in _open_ platforms without a risk of being sued. So, it seems with a certain confidence that the only platform that will at least support two "language independent" object middelware will be Linux. Windows will probably support only one except if Linux is kicking its butt to support both. To go back to the subject: I saw that the proposal to have script extension to XSL is not only presented by Microsoft but also supported by others, is it true? For those part of W3 workgroup, what is the state of these discussions? (please with objectivity and pros and cons). Didier PH Martin mailto:martind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.netfolder.com XSL-List info and archive: http://www.mulberrytech.com/xsl/xsl-list
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