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To: Robert Graham who wrote (18483)	5/26/1998 2:32:00 PM
From: Leman	Respond to of 50167

IONAY + MSFT Microsoft and Iona to integrate COM, CORBA offerings By Niall McKay InfoWorld Electric Posted at 8:41 AM PT, May 26, 1998 Microsoft is working with Iona Technologies to integrate its Microsoft Transaction Server (MTS) with Iona's Object Transaction Monitor (OTM) software, sources said. When the integration is complete, it will enable transactions started in MTS to be completed in Iona's Object Request Broker (ORB)-based OTM, and it will enable transactions started in Iona's OTM product to be completed in MTS, sources said. The companies are expected to formally unveil integration plans at Microsoft's Tech Ed conference in New Orleans this week. This is seen by industry watchers as representative of Microsoft's move from porting its Component Object Model (COM) architecture, upon which MTS is based, onto a variety of platforms to providing interoperability with CORBA-based systems, such as OTM. Microsoft partners -- including Hewlett-Packard, Digital, and Software AG -- in the past few years have taken up the task of porting COM to a number of Unix platforms. In January, Iona licensed Microsoft's ActiveX core technologies for use with its OrbixCOMet, a bridge that passes COM objects into CORBA environments and vice versa, and announced its intentions to further the relationship. (See "CORBA vendors mull integration approaches.") Microsoft officials confirmed that it would work with Iona to help make its MTS services available to CORBA, but stressed that its relationship with Iona was not an exclusive one, and that it would announce more relationships with other CORBA vendors soon. However, it is still unclear if other ORB vendors, such as BEA Systems, will also announce a strategic relationship with Microsoft. "This is significant because it means that Microsoft has identified CORBA as a technology worth supporting," said John Rymer, director and senior consultant at Upstream Consulting, in Emeryville, Calif. Officials at Iona Technology and Microsoft officials declined to comment on the deal. Iona Technologies Inc., in Dublin, Ireland, can be reached at iona.com. Microsoft Corp., in Redmond, Wash., can be reached at microsoft.com. Niall McKay is a senior editor for InfoWorld.

To: Robert Graham who wrote (18483)	5/26/1998 3:22:00 PM
From: Lee	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 50167

Robert,..Re:<<Evidence has come out of a slowing economy followed by news reports indicating that even some portfolio managers are worried about the slowing economy. >> I don't know if this is what you want to know or not, but I don't think we have a slowing economy based on the following reports. economeister.com REALITY CHECK: US MACHINE TOOL EXECS REPORT A SIZZLING MARKET economeister.com US APRIL EXISTING HOME SALES -2.5% TO 4.77 MLN VS MAR 4.89 MLN Further, the good interest rate environment is supported by a strong $ and decreased treasury supply. I don't know what will propel stocks out of this sideways movement though unless it is finally evidence of continued good earnings growth. Also, good evaluation by Judy on Dell and rumors. It seems odd that that kind of rumor surfaced in the face of increased 'retail' PC sales per the following. techweb.com Regards, Lee