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Owen (spoopy aspect)

@aphyr You joke but I have repeatedly observed that projects like knative appear _determined_ to reinvent Java EE/DCOM, which in turn reinvented CORBA, which in turn…

13 August at 20:10 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.transneptune.net
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Esprit de Vore

@owen oh no I'm 100% on board with this critique haha

13 August at 20:10 | Open on woof.group
Vertigo #$FF

@aphyr @owen BINGO.

People often complain about how terrible working with CORBA is; but, the reality is it's no worse than working with Xlib.

You know what people did with Xlib? They didn't throw X11 out; no, they wrote XCB to replace Xlib.

So why would anyone throw away CORBA? They should have replaced the typical ORB architecture with a new IIOP binding. I guess people just didn't think of it back then.

13 August at 20:24 | Open on hackers.town
Owen (spoopy aspect)

@aphyr The main evolution appears to be what concerns get placed on either side of the developer/administrator line, and honestly, there is some useful insight into changes in organizational norms there.

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