Re: using com technology

jcoffin_at_taeus.com
Date: 12/14/04 

Date: 14 Dec 2004 08:39:37 -0800

[ ... ]

> I reading in a book and here it says "COM is an "industry-standard"
software
> architecture supported by Microsoft, Digital Equipment Corporation,
and many
> other companies.

DEC went out of business (was bought out by Compaq, which was
subsequently bought out by HP) years ago. I suppose HP supports COM to
some degree (at least on PCs) but I'm not at all sure they really
support COM much beyond that (e.g. I don't recall having heard of their
porting COM to HP-UX).

> So for me it seems that the COM technology is not only bound to the
> Microsoft.

There's no theoretical reason it has to be, but for most practical
purposes it is. 

--
Later,
Jerry.
The universe is a figment of its own imagination.

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