- From: <Mike_Spreitzer.PARC@xerox.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 12:33:20 PDT
- To: raz@arrakis.com.AU
- cc: www-http-ng-comments@w3.org
Actually, we (at least I, and I think the others involved too) agree with all you've said. We say right up front that compatability with CORBA, DCOM, and Java RMI is intended. We're trying to come up with a wire protocol that's good for the WWW *and* a plausible candidate for IIOP 2.0 (which would also imply that Java RMI could use it). And that DCOM could plausibly switch to. The biggest sticking point is the divergence in type systems between CORBA and DCOM. I can see two ways of coping with this: (1) create a biggish messyish type system that's as close to both CORBA's and DCOM's as possible, or (2) create one that is both simpler (at least, more orthogonal and uniform) and more powerful than CORBA's and DCOM's. I can see pros and cons of both approaches. I generally favor the latter.
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