Ok. COM and DCOM are not the same thing. This article is pretty interesting, although it was written over two years ago; way before .NET was released. .NET still utilizes COM, and in fact MS recommends using VBA/COM to integrate Office XP solutions. The proof is all over MSDN.
So with COM NOT being dead, or deprecated... what's MM's excuse for these issues? Are they even planning on fixing the problems? Adam Wayne Lehman Web Systems Developer Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Distance Education Division -----Original Message----- From: Rob Rohan [mailto:rob@;cardinalweb.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 3:00 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: ActivePDF (web grabber) and CFMX does not work. Microsoft is "de-emphasizing COM," said James Kobielus, an analyst at The Burton Group in Alexandria, Va. "Very few people are using DCOM for the Internet." But Dwight Davis, an analyst at Boston-based Summit Strategies, said Microsoft is unlikely to abandon developers who have already chosen DCOM. http://www.computerworld.com/softwaretopics/os/windows/story/0,10801,465 91,0 0.html -----Original Message----- From: Adrocknaphobia Jones [mailto:adrocknatalk@;hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 11:26 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: ActivePDF (web grabber) and CFMX does not work. COM is NOT being abandoned by MS. Dave and Steve failed to back that statement up in the last thread. Ok. So even is MS comes up with a replacement for COM, you basically jumping on the bandwagon of a technology isn't even in public beta yet! Waiting for office 11 is not a realistic solution for anyone. Upgrading to Office 11 isn't either. Gee upgrade your entire corporation to Office 11, or just move you web systems to .NET and continue to use COM. Again, if MM doesn't fix this critical issue, they will eventually lose the market. Again, with no proof of COM being axed on MS.com, I have to say that your facts have been skewed by MM and Fig Leaf. Adam Wayne Lehman Web Systems Developer Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Distance Education Division -----Original Message----- From: Jeffry Houser [mailto:jeff@;farcryfly.com] Sent: Wednesday, November 06, 2002 1:29 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: ActivePDF (web grabber) and CFMX does not work. At 11:45 AM 11/6/2002 -0500, you wrote: >I'd like to know where you read that MS said they were not using COM >again. I don't have a place to quote, but.. If you search the archives, you'll find a nice post by Dave Watts on the subject. I believe that Macromedia uses J-intrega from intrinsync <http://www.intrinsyc.com/products/j-integra/> for COM support. >The bottom line is that the majority of software is written on MS >standards and C. The best way to utilize these technologies is COM. If >you want Java to grow in popularity, it needs to at least be able to >handle COM. Mostly for integrating with the millions of corporation who >use MS solutions. (Exhange, Office, etc.) Not if COM is being abandoned my Microsoft. -- Jeffry Houser | mailto:jeff@;farcryfly.com DotComIt, Putting you on the web AIM: Reboog711 | Phone: 1-203-379-0773 -- My CFMX Book: <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0072225564/instantcoldfu-20> My Books: http://www.instantcoldfusion.com My Band: http://www.farcryfly.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm
