Menlo Park, CA. 10 January 2001 – The Open Group has just released COMsource version 1.1, an enhanced version of the existing version, COMsource 1.0.  COMsource is an open systems implementation of Microsoft's Component Object Model (COM) middleware developed for the Windows® platform that extends the COM middleware infrastructure to UNIX®. COMsource also allows independent software vendors to easily port their COM applications to non-Microsoft platforms.   COMsource 1.0, released in September 1999, provides an object-based, distributed programming model that allows two or more applications, or application components, to easily interact and interoperate.  COMsource 1.1 has a number of added features and benefits, including:

• Updated to run on Solaris 2.6
• Added support for the latest versions of NT and Windows 2000. COMsource is now compatible with NT 4.0 Service Packs 4, 5 and 6 and Windows 2000
• Maintenance updates for build and runtime issues; enhancements to error handling to enable passing of rich error information between servers and clients on various platforms

The reference implementations include source code, an interoperability test suite and the reference documentation set.  COMsource 1.1 also now has a Support & Maintenance Service offering, which consists of:

• Consultation on using, building, installing and porting COMsource
• Problem isolation and tracking
• Critical problem escalation
• Development of code fixes or workarounds for defects

For more information on COMsource 1.1, please visit www.opengroup.org/comsource

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Contact:           

Adam Cargill
Marketing Communications
The Open Group
+ 1 650 323-7992, ext 225 
a.cargill@opengroup.org