CORBA's Main Points
Interoperability. The use of the Internet Inter-ORB Protocol (IIOP) enables CORBA objects to be fully interoperable across different vendors'ORBs. When selecting an ORB, CORBAServices, and software objects (even when they are developed by different vendors), an enterprise IT organization may only need to consider its functional needs. Software bridges are also available from vendors such as Iona and Visigenic (now part of Inprise) that enable communications between CORBA objects and objects developed using Microsoft's DCOM technology.
Modularity. Developers can modify objects without breaking other parts of their application because interface and implementation are separate, and CORBA objects interact via interfaces. The object ...
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