‎'‎‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎ stands out as a very good introduction to the practical and effective use of distributed objects and CORBA ‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎ recommended as an excellent practitioner‎'‎s guide to an interesting and very complex field‎.‎‎'‎ Jon Holt‎,‎ Computing and Control Engineering Journal ‎'‎The writing is clear and concise and the examples are well chosen and get the point across as quickly and efficiently as possible ‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎ a useful book for getting an overview of distributed systems architecture and what CORBA can bring to it‎.‎‎'‎ The Journal of the ACCU