I remember reading Don Box's book, he had a clear and reasonable sounding justification for every part of COM. The trouble was when you put it all together it w

I remember reading Don Box's book, he had a clear and reasonable sounding justification for every part of COM. The trouble was when you put it all together it was a nightmare to work with. I'm still doubtful anybody really understands all of it. To some extent .Net is an acknowledgement of that, if COM hadn't been so difficult we wouldn't have got .Net.