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When Microsoft first released .NET they were proclaiming that COM would soon be dead. A decade later, COM is still very much around.
Jim Farmelant -------------------------- Hi tech is a very mixed bag. On the one hand, there's constant churn: the language of the month, bells and whistles galore, and continual upgrades. On the other hand, installed software represents a real investment and change, a real risk. Cobol is still around. The proprietary software of Forte, a small company I worked for a dozen years ago, is still being maintained a dozen years after its product was discontinued.
Joanna