From: Christopher Browne Date: 2002-08-07T08:22:43+09:00 Subject: Re: COM on Unix? In an attempt to throw the authorities off his trail, "Hal E. Fulton" transmitted: > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Christopher Browne" > Newsgroups: comp.lang.ruby > To: "ruby-talk ML" > Sent: Tuesday, August 06, 2002 3:02 PM > Subject: Re: COM on Unix? > > > (snip large informative section with 5 URLs) > >> Of course, it's pointless to _have_ COM on Unix systems if there are >> no applications that may be meaningfully automated using COM, and >> you'll find that that is in fact the case. >> >> COM is only useful for "automation" if applications deploy COM >> interfaces, and on Unix, nobody deploys COM interfaces for this >> purpose. >> >> The most analagous thing would be CORBA, and there are only a limited >> population of applications associated with the GNOME "desktop >> environment" that offer CORBA interfaces for pretty _limited_ >> automation of some capabilities. > > Thanks for this post. It's a good reality check. > > However: Hypothetically speaking, isn't it > imaginable that something like COM on UNIX > might be useful if it existed? Yes, and that "hypothetical something" would presumably be CORBA. -- (reverse (concatenate 'string "moc.enworbbc@" "enworbbc")) http://cbbrowne.com/info/linux.html Rules of the Evil Overlord #164. "I will hire one hopelessly stupid and incompetent lieutenant, but make sure that he is full of misinformation when I send him to capture the hero."