Back in the '90s, when we still remembered how to dream, we had CORBA. CORBA got a lot of bad press, but towards the end, it was actually pretty decent. Certai

Back in the '90s, when we still remembered how to dream, we had CORBA. CORBA got a lot of bad press, but towards the end, it was actually pretty decent. Certainly the best way to do the thing it was trying to do!