CORBA would be ideally suited to this, and CORBA is also supported by
JAVA while also not locking you into ONLY Java.  If you DO decide to
go with CORBA, let me know, I might know a company looking for
accounting software with CORBA hooks. ;D

On Thu, Jun 01, 2000 at 12:03:32PM -0700, John Mosier wrote:
> Jiva:
> 
> Good Point, Jiva!
> 
> The reason for my interest is to develop solutions that _RUN ANYWHERE_.
> Your observation is good in that COBRA is more of an open standard
> than is EJB.  Of course, in this light COM+, the M$ answer to this is
> completely at the other end of this spectrum, even though all seem
> to have as the main goal the development and distribution of packaged
> software components.
> 
> We are working on a project to ENABLE our business management
> software to be extended using non-proprietary tools and processes.
> The SouthWare Excellence Series has 33 modules from which to
> choose.  It is very capable as it ships, but we want to be able to
> integrate new applications as the technology develops.  An overview
> of SouthWare is at http://www.swinfo.com.  This software has been
> in development for over 20 years.  It is written in Cobol, which means
> it runs on almost any platform we want to use (the most important of
> course is Linux).  We do not do MACs or EBCDIC IBM hardware.
> 
> At 10:29 PM 5/31/00 , you wrote:
> >EJB is limited to Java and is semi proprietary as a result.  I would
> >stick to something more open and standardized, like CORBA.  CORBA is
> >very cool.
> >
> >On Tue, May 30, 2000 at 05:26:34PM -0700, John Mosier wrote:
> > > Any Java programmers in this audience?
> > >
> > > I am investigating Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB).  This is a new
> > > standard that allows for "componentizing" software.  This is
> > > discussed in the May 2000 issue of Application Development
> > > Trends Magazine.
> > >
> > > http://www.adtmag.com/Pub/may2000/fe501.cfm
> > >
> > > Sun and IBM and IBM vs Sun figure prominently in this
> > > article.  It appears to me that as IBM and Sun spar off at each
> > > other in gathering applications and services that the end user
> > > will benefit greatly and the Open Source Community will have
> > > another powerful weapon in the war with M$.
> > >
> > > Any feedback?  Very interesting article.
> > >
> > >
> > > John Mosier,  Excelco      Fax:  (602) 992-2026  Voice: (602) 992-8076
> > > 
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