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- From: Silvano Maffeis <maffeis@CS.Cornell.EDU>
- Newsgroups: news.announce.newgroups,news.groups,comp.object,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.smalltalk,comp.databases.object,comp.databases,comp.soft-sys.middleware.opendoc,comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.ole
- Subject: RFD: comp.object.corba
- Followup-To: news.groups
- Date: 3 Feb 1996 01:36:29 -0000
- Organization: .
- Sender: tale@uunet.uu.net
- Approved: newgroups-request@uunet.uu.net
- Message-ID: <823311387.22262@uunet.uu.net>
- NNTP-Posting-Host: rodan.uu.net
- Archive-Name: comp.object.corba
-
- REQUEST FOR DISCUSSION (RFD)
- unmoderated group comp.object.corba
-
- This is a formal Request For Discussion (RFD) for the creation of a new
- worldwide unmoderated Usenet newsgroup comp.object.corba. This is not a
- Call for Votes - do not vote now. To participate in the discussion,
- follow the topic on news.groups. Please do not discuss the group creation
- in other groups - it will most probably be off topic there.
-
- >>> The RFD will be followed up to news.groups for discussion. <<<
-
- Newsgroups line:
- comp.object.corba OMG's Common Object Request Broker Architecture.
-
-
- RATIONALE: comp.object.corba
-
- OMG CORBA (Object Management Group, Common Object Request Broker Architecture)
- appears to be one of the most important standards for open
- distributed systems today. The OMG counts more than 550 member companies
- worldwide, including Apple, IBM, SUN, DEC, NCR, etc.
-
- More and more CORBA-related postings are appearing on Usenet. However,
- due to the lack of a CORBA newsgroup, the discussion is scattered over
- comp.object, comp.lang.c++, comp.databases.object, comp.databases,
- comp.soft-sys.middleware.opendoc, comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.ole, and
- over a variety of mailing list.
-
- There is an increasing number of people looking for information on CORBA.
- However, they often have difficulties reaching CORBA experts, as many
- of the CORBA mailing lists are unofficial and only known to CORBA insiders.
- The purpose of the CORBA Usenet group is to make discussions on the topic
- more accessible to the entire network community.
-
-
- CHARTER: comp.object.corba
-
- The unmoderated newsgroup comp.object.corba is to be used for technical
- discussions, announcements, expression of opinions, and questions. It also
- serves as a medium for those interested in sharing and exchanging their
- experience with CORBA products.
-
- Possible discussion issues include these aspects of CORBA:
-
- - CORBA questions
- - Experience reports
- - Product evaluations
- - Component-ware
- - Cross-Platform Development
- - Plug-and-Play CORBA objects
- - Announcement of new CORBA documents
- - Determining CORBA interfaces for commonly needed services
- - New language mappings for CORBA IDL
- - Need-to-have and nice-to-have features of CORBA Object Request Brokers
- - CORBA business objects
- - Integration of legacy information systems into CORBA applications
- - CORBA frameworks
- - The future of CORBA
- - Announcement of OMG CORBA meetings that are open to the public
- - Seminar announcements
-
- END CHARTER.
-
-
- PROCEDURE:
-
- This RFD initiates a discussion period of at least 21 days. If a
- consensus on the charter and the name of the group is reached, a Call
- for Votes (CFV) for the group will be issued. Exact voting conditions
- will be outlined in the CFV and the vote will be conducted by a
- neutral third party. The voting period will last from 21 to 31 days
- and the group will pass if the YES votes outnumber the NO votes by at
- least 100 votes and if at least 2/3rds of the votes are in favor of
- the new group.
-
- For more detailed information about the procedure, see "How to Create
- a New Usenet Newsgroup" in news.announce.newusers. You can also find
- information about the group creation at the UVV web site at
- http://www.uvv.org/uvv/.
-
-
- DISTRIBUTION:
-
- This RFD is cross-posted to the following Usenet newsgroups:
-
- news.announce.newgroups, news.groups, comp.object, comp.lang.c++,
- comp.lang.smalltalk, comp.databases.object, comp.databases,
- comp.soft-sys.middleware.opendoc, comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.ole
-
- After the RFD appears in news.announce.newgroups, the proponent will post
- pointers to it in the following newsgroups:
-
- comp.lang.objective-c, comp.os.research, comp.protocols.misc,
- comp.unix.programmer, comp.os.os2.networking.misc,
- comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.networks, comp.sys.sun.misc,
- comp.unix.solaris
-
- Proponent: Silvano Maffeis <maffeis@acm.org>
- Mentor: Mark James <jamesm@dialogic.com>
-
- --
- Silvano Maffeis, Department of Computer Science, Cornell University,
- 4130 Upson Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853. email: maffeis@acm.org
- office: (607) 255-9205, home: (607) 277-9685, fax: (607) 255-4428
- www: http://www.cs.cornell.edu/Info/People/maffeis
-