January 1996 / State Of The Art

Killer Components	Prefabricated application building blocks are coming. The only question is when. - by Alan Joch, Senior Editor
Integration, Not Perspiration OLE Control Messaging Interface How an OLE Control Works with an Application The Sum of OpenDoc's Parts OpenDoc Building Blocks NEO Architecture How To Walk The Standards Tightrope OLE 2.0 OpenDoc From the Trenches: Prodigy Services Co. Michael Twisdale, Prodigy From the Trenches: MCI Telecommunications Tony Dunbar, MCI From the Trenches: Ademco, a Pittway Inc. subsidiary Scott Bernstein, Ademco From the Trenches: AT&T Wireless Services Hide Horiuchi, AT&T Wireless	CORBA, OLE, and OpenDoc: Three technologies for desktop components face off - by David S. Linthicum
Components Ever ywhere Stepping Stone to Network OLE Objects in Orbit	Microsoft's Network OLE and the OMG's CORBA are competing to distribute components on your network - by Tom R. Halfhill and Salvatore Salamone

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