Interoperability Benefits
Portability across Windowing/Operating Systems :
- UNIX, VMS - OSF/MOTIF, OpenLook
- MS/Windows, Windows 95, NT
- Apple Macintosh, PowerMac
- OS/2, Warp - Presentation Manager
Portability across Databases :
- ORACLE, SYBASE, INGRES, INFORMIX, ODBC, ...
Distributed over Network Protocols :
- TCP/IP, Netware, SLIP/PPP, Shared Memory
Interoperable across :
- Microsoft's OLE, OMG's CORBA