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If you are interested in network programming, Java, CGI, 
object technology, CORBA, or Network OLE, here is a good news.


                        ETL HORB

             Version 0.2 95/12/23  (Alpha test)

            http://ring.etl.go.jp/openlab/horb/

ETL HORB is the magic carpet for Internet programming.

By using HORB with Java, you can create remote objects, call remote
methods, pass objects, in addition to use of usual Java features. 
You can call objects on a server even from applets running in WWW
browsers such like Netscape Navigator 2.0. 

You don't need to wait for CORBA or Network OLE. You can fly around
the Internet world with HORB from now, and you can forget CGI 
and socket programming. (^_^)

FEATURES:

* True distributed object oriented computing.
* HORB runs under any OS Java runs.
  Solaris, SGI, HP, IBM, Windows 95, NT, Macintosh.... (*1)
* Remote object operations from applets!
* HORB programs are portable at binary level and interoperable
  among all architectures HORB supports.
* Standalone client-server, server-server, and applet-server 
  programming styles.
* You don't need to write IDL.

* Works with Sun Java JDK 1.0 Beta 2 or newer.
* Works with Netscape 2.0 Beta 4 or newer.

* FREE! with source code! 


EXAMPLE 1:

   A HORB object can serve many connections from clients 
   simultaneously. Thus, a simple applet-server program written
   in HORB replaces CGI scripts with smart remote object calls. 
   Users using the WWW browsers don't need to install the HORB system. 
   A runtime system (very small) is downloaded automatically.
   You can use some database access classes for HORB or Java at the 
   server end.
  
   applet --------+
   applet --------+------------------------ Server A
   applet --------+

   WWW browsers                             HORB Server
   (Windows 95, NT, Macintosh...)


EXAMPLE 2:

   Server A serves a virtual world. Users access the server
   from applets. Server B is the management center and it is
   controled with standalone clients. You can write this system
   as a signle HORB program, i.e., a set of Java classes.

   applet --------+                            +------- client
   applet --------+--- Server A ---- Server B -+------- client
   applet --------+                            +------- client

   WWW browsers          Solaris     NT Server        standalone
   (Windows 95, NT,        at           at             clients
    Macintosh)            Tokyo        Chicago         with GUI


(*1) Basically HORB system and HORB programs run under any OS
     Java runs. Some platforms such like Mac will become available
     when Java supports the platforms. Mac version will come soon.

Enjoy flying with HORB, and forget CGI and socket programming!

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HIRANO Satoshi                      Electrotechnical Laboratory

hirano@etl.go.jp                    Thinking makes it so.