Distributed Object Computing With CORBA

The Object Management Group (OMG) was formed in 1989 with the purpose of creating standards allowing for the interoperability and portability of distributed object-oriented (OO) applications. Unlike the Open Software Foundation (OSF), the OMG does not actually produce software, only specifications. These specifications are created using ideas and technology from OMG members who respond to Requests For Information (RFI) and Requests For Proposals (RFP) issued by the OMG. A strength of this approach is that most of the major players in the commercial distributed OO computing arena are among the several hundred companies that belong to the OMG.