ModelDrivenArchitectureFredWaskiewiczDirectorofStandards.pptVIP

ModelDriven ArchitectureFred WaskiewiczDirector of Standards OMG’s Vision Interoperability Heterogeneity is Permanent Programming languages ~3 million COBOL programmers ~1.6 million VB programmers ~1.1 million C/C++ programmers Operating systems Unix, MVS, VMS, MacOS, Windows (all 8!), PalmOS… Windows 3.1: it’s still out there! Embedded devices (mobile, set-top, etc.) Networks Ethernet, ATM, IP, SS7, Firewire, USB Bluetooth, 802.11b, HomeRF Where Can We Agree? There will not be consensus on hardware platforms There will not be consensus on operating systems There will not be consensu