> We don't have to choose one or the other for everything. There's nothing > wrong with: > > Local: CORBA > (UIL <--> DL <--> BL <--> PL) > > Remote: SOAP or Fipa > (BL <--> BL or DL <--> DL) > > Or is there? If CORBA becomes only for local use, then why not use something like SysV IPC (shm, messages, ...) which is much faster. Jean-Marc