[Ace-users] [ace-users] Cross vendor compability - TAO & OBExpress RT

Douglas C. Schmidt schmidt at dre.vanderbilt.edu
Wed Dec 12 15:29:01 CST 2007


Hi,

>I'm investigating the use of TAO as an ORB client to interface to an
>ORBExpress RT ORB server app.
>I believe that the ORBExpress server application does not use any RT
>extensions beyond what is in the current RT CORBA standard.
>The server side application is developed on a Solaris/Gnat platform
>and the application, Windows XP/C++.
>
>I have read a paper put out by Boeing called "Real-time CORBA Trade
>Study" and have gained some insight from it, but that documented is
>dated to 2000.
>
>Any information or comment would be much appreciated.

What are the specific questions with interoperability that you're
facing?  I'd recommend that you "just do it" and see if it works.  If
you have any problems please make sure you fill out the appropriate
problem report form (PRF), which is in

$ACE_ROOT/PROBLEM-REPORT-FORM
$TAO_ROOT/PROBLEM-REPORT-FORM

or in

$ACE_ROOT/BUG-REPORT-FORM
$TAO_ROOT/BUG-REPORT-FORM

in older versions of ACE+TAO.  Make sure to include this information
when asking any questions about ACE+TAO since otherwise we have to
"guess" what version/platform/compiler/options you've using, which is
very error-prone and slows down our responsiveness.  If you don't use
the PRF, therefore, it is less likely that someone from the core
ACE+TAO developer team will be able to answer your question.
Naturally, we encourage and appreciate other members of the ACE+TAO
user community who can respond to questions that they have the answers
to.

Please note, moreover, that the DOC groups at Washington University,
UC Irvine, and Vanderbilt University only provide "best effort"
support for non-sponsors, as described in

http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE_wrappers/docs/ACE-bug-process.html

Thus, if you need more "predictable" help, I recommend that you
check out

http://www.cs.wustl.edu/~schmidt/commercial-support.html

for a list of companies that will provide you with ACE+TAO commercial
support.

Thanks,

        Doug


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