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.NET or CORBA?

Posted by Cliff on from the which-way-would-you-go dept.

DavidTurner queries: "My company is developing software to integrate various hardware systems and present a unified interface, plus system-level interaction. Essentially, an object hierarchy plus supporting services - clients, servers and drivers. We wish to replace our proprietary protocol with a standardized distributed object system. The choice has boiled down to .NET versus CORBA+GTK. We want interface contracts, OpenGL support, and embeddable forms (widgets). We also want rapid development. Which would you choose? Has anyone actually field-tested the relative merits of the two paths?"

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  1. speaking from experience... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I think you'll find a lot of folks on Slashdot have used one of these systems, and of course they will say their framework is the best. But they're only telling you one side of the story!

    I believe I can offer a better, more balanced viewpoint. In my professional programming career, I don't use either of these technologies, on a daily basis. In fact, not a day goes by when I don't use .NET, and I can't recall the last time I even typed the word CORBA.

    So, with that in mind, I humbly suggest you use .NET, because the name is shorter and that means quicker development time for you.

    I hope I offered you some guidance in your decision! If you need anything else, feel free to ask. You'll see me often on slashdot, posting under the name "Anonymous Coward".

  2. Re:Python? oh please,for love of christ vermillion by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Python. Of all the zealot assholes in this industry, python ranks up there with apple loving assholes. please. puleeze.

    lets rewrite the linux kernel in python too? you god damn fuckin fool. the guy asks about CORBA vs. .NET and a python asshole suggests python.

    Man, you need to shut the fuck up.

  3. Re:CORBA everytime by REBloomfield · · Score: 0, Troll

    Actually, it installs the MSDE data engine, which is vulnerable. It uses this for ASP stuff, amongst other things. What didn't you like about Everett? I assume you also tested VS .NET as well, so you coudl compare the differences. I was very impressed with Everett. Much less memory hungry than it's predecessor, and with a lot more features built in.

  4. Re:Our similar dilema and what we ended up with... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    >JBOSS is the most popular EJB server

    Not even close.

    >Tomcat is the most popular JSP engine

    It's the reference JSP engine, but who ships it?

    >Eclipse is becoming the most popular Java IDE

    Among slashdot Java Trolls maybe.