TAO (The ACE ORB) is not bundled with ACE. ACE is bundled with TAO as it provides the platform abstraction layer. If you want a nice multi language solution, CORBA with its many open source implementations can be the answer. Many people need RT CORBA and having an ORB built on ACE, that can use many RTOSs, is a big deal.
Note ACE is also bundled with OpenDDS to offer an open source RT pub sub system that supports C++ and Java. Again an RT pub sub that does not run on RTOS would be a waste. ACE plugs that gap.
So ACE has a lot of complimentary products that can give a big help when building large weapons systems, financial systems such as market data and trading, and telecom call switching.
ACE is nowhere near abandoned. It is widely used on major RT systems such as weapons, telecom and finance. It is now being used in medical systems (MRIs). It runs on all standard platforms and includes exotic RTOS which are tough to support. It is commercially supported by several organizations including the one I work for, OCI in St Louis.
Malcolm Spence
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TAO (The ACE ORB) is not bundled with ACE. ACE is bundled with TAO as it provides the platform abstraction layer. If you want a nice multi language solution, CORBA with its many open source implementations can be the answer. Many people need RT CORBA and having an ORB built on ACE, that can use many RTOSs, is a big deal. Note ACE is also bundled with OpenDDS to offer an open source RT pub sub system that supports C++ and Java. Again an RT pub sub that does not run on RTOS would be a waste. ACE plugs that gap. So ACE has a lot of complimentary products that can give a big help when building large weapons systems, financial systems such as market data and trading, and telecom call switching.
ACE is nowhere near abandoned. It is widely used on major RT systems such as weapons, telecom and finance. It is now being used in medical systems (MRIs). It runs on all standard platforms and includes exotic RTOS which are tough to support. It is commercially supported by several organizations including the one I work for, OCI in St Louis. Malcolm Spence