>But HP has a DCE product for the 3K; I would hope that you have access to
>'in-house' materials.
>
>O'Reilly and Associates also have a few books on the subject, some UNIX
>specific, some more heterogenous (more open than UNIX?). They have one called
>'Understanding DCE'. Or there is chapter 19 in 'TCP/IP for Dummies' (no
>offense intended, I know this because I have a copy).
>
>The Remote Procedure Call component of DCE allows one to call a procedure
>that may be local or remote or both. The ideal is that the 'right' box for
>the procedure returns the results to the calling box. If there is more than
>one good box available, either the ostensibly fastest box answers the call,
>or it is even possible for more than one box to take the call, and the box
>that returns the results first wins. DCE can let one configure the involved
>boxes for any of these scenarios.
>
>DCE also include components to support the POSIX spec for kernel threads so
>your apps can be muli-threaded, organization of boxes into groups called
>'Cells', time synchronization within a cell, and a security component.
>
>My own thought is that this is a more elegant metaphor than client / server,
>since in a complex enough operation, a given box can both serve and be served
>other boxes.
>
>----------
>From:  Lars Appel[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent:  Friday, April 04, 1997 11:35 AM
>To:    [log in to unmask]
>Subject:       Re: [HP3000-L] DCE etc (was Samba/iX and Unix-style logons)
>
>At 05:58 04.04.1997 -0800, Duane wrote:
>>2. It keeps the HP3k from playing big-time in the distributed computing
>>   arena. Too bad. HP has one of the best CORBA ORB's (Object Request
>>Broker)
>>   running on HP-UX. They have recently announced support for linking
>>   DCOM (Microsft's Distributed object technology).
>
>Okay, I already admitted that I know next-to-nothing about DCE (okay, at
>least I have a vague idea about it)... now is the time for the next one...
>
>Can anybody enlighten me (us?) about CORBA and/or ORB (in simple terms)
>with either a short posting or an educational URL (if nothing else helps)?
>I can expand the acronym but don't have a "feel" for what is is.
>
>(I loved Jeff Kell's explanation on "CICS for dummies" quite a while ago ;-)
>
>Lars (also noticed CORBA/ORB discussions at IPROF)
>
>