ORB choice.

[Alex Luk]

Hi All:

I am newbie to CORBA, I want to implement a distributed video server
using CORBA.

This is a Linux platform based project, server is in C++ and client is
in Java. My Question is which free ORB is suitable for me? Will MICO
(MICO Is Corba) be a good choice?

Thanks in advance!

Alex Luk
Information Engineering
The Chinese University of Hong Kong.

[Christof Meerwald]

On Thu, 21 Oct 1999 08:46:38 +0800, Alex Luk wrote:
>This is a Linux platform based project, server is in C++ and client is
>in Java. My Question is which free ORB is suitable for me? Will MICO
>(MICO Is Corba) be a good choice?

AFAIK, MICO doesn't support multithreading...

So if you need a multithreaded server, you should consider omniORB (or maybe
TAO?).

bye, Christof

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[Michi Henning]

On 22 Oct 1999, Christof Meerwald wrote:

> On Thu, 21 Oct 1999 08:46:38 +0800, Alex Luk wrote:
> >This is a Linux platform based project, server is in C++ and client is
> >in Java. My Question is which free ORB is suitable for me? Will MICO
> >(MICO Is Corba) be a good choice?
> AFAIK, MICO doesn't support multithreading...
>
> So if you need a multithreaded server, you should consider omniORB (or maybe
> TAO?).

You could also try ORBacus, which offers quite a range of threading models.
It's free for non-commerical use.

Cheers,

Michi.
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[spen...@ociweb.com]

In article <380E626E...@ie.cuhk.edu.hk>,

Alex Luk <fl...@ie.cuhk.edu.hk> wrote:
> Hi All:
>
> I am newbie to CORBA, I want to implement a distributed video server
> using CORBA.
>

> This is a Linux platform based project, server is in C++ and client is
> in Java. My Question is which free ORB is suitable for me? Will MICO
> (MICO Is Corba) be a good choice?
>

> Thanks in advance!
>
> Alex Luk
> Information Engineering
> The Chinese University of Hong Kong.
>
>

Hi Alex, You probably want to at least take a look at TAO. It supports
audio and video streaming services. It is open source, has a zero cost
license and we provide support. Check out
http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt and our web site
http://www.theaceorb.com
where you can find commercial products such as CDs and documentation
kits. OCI is supporting a stable version called V 1.0.

Good luck on the project and regards Malcolm Spence--
Business Development Manager
Object Computing Inc. (OCI)
St. Louis MO 63141
(314) 579-0066 www.ociweb.com for TAO support

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Before you buy.

[Carlos]

I would also verify the existence of a decent source of documentation.
There are free orbs which, after hacking around for some time,
you will discover that you will have to pay
quite a bit for the documentation.
So, the "free evaluation" of the orb is made difficult.

Another issue is the good programming practice:
avoid excessive use of macros!

Christof Meerwald wrote:

> On Thu, 21 Oct 1999 08:46:38 +0800, Alex Luk wrote:

> >This is a Linux platform based project, server is in C++ and client is
> >in Java. My Question is which free ORB is suitable for me? Will MICO
> >(MICO Is Corba) be a good choice?

> AFAIK, MICO doesn't support multithreading...
>
> So if you need a multithreaded server, you should consider omniORB (or maybe
> TAO?).
>