>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) > >