I have a couple of questions, one Linux-specific, one not. 1. Has anyone written simple instructions on how to extract the Java2 ORB and retrofit it into JDK 1.1.7 on Linux? Or does anyone have any experience in this area they would like to share? Do I need to use idl2java from Visibroker (I downloaded idl2java from javasoft, before realizing it was a Windows native executable :-( ) On a related point, will Java2 for Linux, when it appears, contain a native Linux idl2java? 2. Is there a Java API for using shared memory? There doesn't seem to be one in JDK 1.1, but is this in Java2? Thanks in advance for any help. Rich. -- - Richard Jones. Linux contractor London and SE areas. - - Very boring homepage at: http://www.annexia.demon.co.uk/ - - You are currently the 1,991,243,100th visitor to this signature. - - Original message content Copyright (C) 1998 Richard Jones. -