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A standard that allows programs or objects to communicate even though they may have been written by different vendors. CORBA is defined by a group of 800 companies called the Object Management Group, a non-profit consortium that produces and maintains computer industry specifications for interoperable enterprise applications. Microsoft has been a member of OMG since 1992 and has released competing technologies, first wit
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CORBA - "bat" wrote in misc.consumers: SB> All you need to do is not open _any_ attachment, _ever_, unless SB> you're expecting that specific one from that specific person, or SB> unless you've virus scanned it yourself.A friend or relative sending an executable, I think, is quite rare case...certainly, would be preceded by some comment.Do you really not see the problem? A message "from" a fried orrelative may or may not actually be from that friend or relative. Itmay in fact be from a virus on their computer, or it may in fact befrom them but have a virus attached without their knowledge becausetheir computer is infected.Sheesh! Here's 10 cents; buy yourself a clue.--Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USAhttp://OakRoadSystems.com"Sticklers unite! You have nothing to lose but your sense ofproportion (and arguably you didn't have a lot of that tobegin with)." -- Lynne Truss, /Eats, Shoots & Leaves/
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