Summary
CORBA is more than a “hype”
Most widely-used distributed object technology today
Applications
- building distributed systems and applications
- telecommunication network & management software
- many other areas (such as healthcare, banking/finance, retail, and transportation) are beginning to use CORBA
WWW, Java and CORBA combination can provide a powerful set of tools for developing and deploying distributed applications
Future Work
- defining more object services
- work on light-weight, lean, efficient ORBs
- development & experience of more diverse applications