What is the relationship between DCE and CORBA?
The short answer: There is not a lot of direct relationship. DCE and CORBA are tools to help you build distributed systems. Each has its advantages and disadvantages. Use of one will not hinder future use of the other. DCE provides a lower-level programming model than does CORBA. DCE is not fully “Object-Oriented”. DCE has far better inter-operability than (current) CORBA products. DCE is an optional interoperability mechanism in the CORBA 2.0 specification. The long answer: In order to understand the relationship between DCE and the Common Object Request Broker Architecture (CORBA) of the Object Management Group (OMG), it is necessary to consider the past, the present and the future. Past – Historically, the object paradigm has been viewed as a break with procedural styles of the past. Objects, which encapsulate data and procedures behind an external interface, are often contrasted with other approaches where procedures and data are treated separately. In this context, DCE is a descen
