Re: CORBA (was Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.)

1999-09-03 Thread Kerry Sainsbury
On 3/09/99 at 20:46 Tony Blomfield wrote: >There seemws to be very little mileage in going this way. > >1. Is this really "Thin" technology is per my earlier goal statement. Which was the reduction of network traffic, right? Then sure - it can be as thin (or fat) as you want to make it. >2. Fi

Re: CORBA (was Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.)

1999-09-03 Thread Siegfried Kirchmair
Hi, Richard wrote: > How many people would be interested in a day course on CORBA and MIDAS? > (Probably Auckland + Wellington) If I get some serious feedback, then I can > probably convince Annie to put it on... We can cover all the bases I believe in > a single day. Just interest at this stage

Re: CORBA (was Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.)

1999-09-03 Thread Richard Vowles
Hi Tony, Tony Blomfield wrote: > 1. Is this really "Thin" technology is per my earlier goal statement. Not sure what your earlier goal statement was - see my comment about coming into the thread 1/2 way. > 2. Financially the only winners in this race are Borland. From what I read > there is ab

Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.

1999-09-03 Thread Richard Vowles
The basics of using Delphi & CORBA is up on the Esperanto Group's site (www.esperanto.org.nz). It also covers connecting to and from JBuilder's implementation of CORBA. Tony Blomfield wrote: > OK. > > Well Thanks for all the points of view. As I am just starting a new project > from the design u

[DUG]: Transfering Clipboard

1999-09-03 Thread Jeremy Coulter
HI all. This might be a little unusual, BUT, I was wondering ig anyone had any better way of transfering one computers clipboard to another computers clipboard. I use PC Anywhere, and that has an option where you can put somethng into your clipboard, and transfer it to the client or hosts clipboar

Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.

1999-09-03 Thread Tony Blomfield
OK. Well Thanks for all the points of view. As I am just starting a new project from the design up, it is a greate time to review my "favoured archetecture" and decide on a new approach or not. Its a hard decision to make because, there are several favoured strategies out being used by very exper

Re: CORBA (was Re: [DUG]: Thin Database Components.)

1999-09-03 Thread Tony Blomfield
There seemws to be very little mileage in going this way. 1. Is this really "Thin" technology is per my earlier goal statement. 2. Financially the only winners in this race are Borland. From what I read there is absolutely NO financial incentive for me to go down this road. Loosly put, anybody i