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The Rise and Fall of Corba

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the always-easier-in-hindsight dept.

ChelleChelle writes "Chief scientist of ZeroC, Michi Henning, has an interesting look at the story behind CORBA a once-promising distributed computing technology. Henning provides more than a brief history, in addition to several reasons pinpointing why CORBA fell short, focusing specifically on the OMG's technology adoption process itself. Most interesting is the final discussion on what we can learn from CORBA's decline, particularly in reference to web services."

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  1. OMG's technology adoption process itself. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    1. OMG Stable
    2. ???
    3. OMG Ponies!

  2. Misread the title by Ka+D'Argo · · Score: 5, Funny
    Thought it said "The Rise and Fall of Cobra".

    Was hoping for an outline of Cobra Commander's long list of failures :(

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    1. Re:Misread the title by A+Brand+of+Fire · · Score: 5, Funny

      Now we know; and knowing is half the battle!

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  3. One man's simplicity... by 21mhz · · Score: 4, Funny
    From TFA:
    Many of the APIs were complex, inconsistent, and downright arcane, forcing the developer to take care of a lot of detail. In contrast, the simplicity of component models, such as EJB, made programming a lot simpler
    Wow. If EJB (pre-3.0) is simple in comparison, no wonder CORBA never really took off.
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  4. Corba isn't dead! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    Just look at all the projects built on Corba like the Berlin Project and then you tell me Corba is dead.

    This article is nothing but a hatchet job on a mature committee standard. Corba is not falling like DCOM, it's soaring like the Hindenburg.

  5. Re:CORBA. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny
    The problem you are experiencing might be that you have absolutely no idea what CORBA is
    As I read it, the OP was talking about websites with information about CORBA. Who knows, maybe I'm wrong... but if I'm right, well it kinda makes you look like an ass.
  6. Re:Where comes the Sun ... ???? by maelstrom · · Score: 4, Funny

    As a member of the open source community, I have decided to revive the OMG group. To put focus on our roots, we shall be called the Object Management Freedom Group or OMFG for short. Any takers?

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  7. Re:CORBA. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    Is that your username or your brain temperature?

  8. What's in a name? by Black+Parrot · · Score: 3, Funny

    > focusing specifically on the OMG's technology adoption process itself.

    Calling themselves "OMG" probably didn't do much to encourage adoption.

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  9. Re:CORBA. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    One time I was laid off, and during the exit interview I asked about medical coverage. The HR rep told me about this thing called CORBA (she coughed just before she said the word). I didn't know anything and was a bit shellshocked anyway so I said great. A few days later an API manual arrived in the mail. No medical benefits, just some sample code for an interop standard that didn't really work.

    I didn't get no respect.

  10. Re:Where comes the Sun ... ???? by computational+super · · Score: 2, Funny
    If you cannot add value to the thread, why post?

    You must be really, really, REALLY new here.

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  11. Time to start looking for a new job.... by kiwipom · · Score: 1, Funny

    When the architect/designer says 'Great a distributed app, let's use CORBA!'

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