Few days ago, I came across an old (May 1998) article by David Chappell, one my favorite technology writers/thinkers, titled “The Trouble With CORBA “. I could specially relate to his conclusion:

From the beginning, CORBA was never a true standard. Instead, the vendors who controlled the OMG process chose to create something that was more a marketing exercise than a complete technology. And ultimately, this is very sad. What could have been a crucially important industry standard has instead become just another marketing tool for selling proprietary products. The opportunity for a true standard, a TCP/IP for distributed objects, has been lost.

OMG and its supporters argue that given time, CORBA will become a true standard. It’s been seven years, and we’re still waiting. Why should we believe them now?

Believe it or not, this was exactly how OMG handled the development of Software Process Metamodel (SPEM). And once more missed the opportunity to create a true multi-vendor standard. It’s unfortunite that OMG has not changed over the years. I guess the fat cats never learn–or maybe the don’t want to learn.

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