Hello,
We are in the midst of designing a plan to convert an existing large
monolithic application into a set of distributed processes. One of the
issues we need to address is what tool to use as the communication
facility. We need a tool that is available on most UNIX platforms, OpenVMS
and Windows NT/95. The only tool that fits that bill is sockets, but
because of the inherent complexities of using sockets we will only consider
it as a last resort.
We looked at an RPC package called EZ-RPC. Can those of you who used this
package please send me your opinions about it? I also heard of a package
called RPC Tool. I've been trying to get an evaluation copy of this
package for a month but the salespeople won't return my calls (not a good
sign; plus the company has been purchased by MS!). What's the word on this
tool? Is it worth looking into?
Is ONC RPC available on OpenVMS? I've used a public-domain port of ONC RPC
on NT but I wouldn't want to base a commercial product on it. Is there a
commercial version of ONC RPC for NT?
What other high-level toolkits are there that provide network
communications?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks.