The Open Groups COMsource
is an open systems implementation of Microsoft's® Component
Object Model (COM) middleware. COMsource extends the COM middleware infrastructure
to UNIX.
COMsource provides an object-based, distributed,
programming model allowing two or more applications, or application components, to easily
cooperate. With COMsource, independent software vendors can easily port
their COM applications to non-Microsoft platforms. The Distributed Component Object Model
(DCOM) protocol enables software components to communicate directly over a distributed
network in a reliable, secure, and efficient manner. Thus, a programmer can write an
application once and make its capabilities available to other applications. With DCOM, the
programmers client application can be used by other applications on remote servers.
The COMsource technology delivered from The Open Group
includes the following components: COM (including DCOM, Service Control Manager,
Structured Storage, Monikers and Automation), MS-RPC, Registry, and the Windows NT®
Distributed Security provider. The Open Group offers two portable and interoperable
reference implementations on the Solaris and Tru64UNIX operating systems, and the ability
to port to other operating systems. These reference implementations include source code,
an interoperability test suite and the reference documentation set.
COMsource details and ordering information can be found at
this web site location.
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