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The core of COM is about allowing binary code to be used from any language through a standardized interface. As pjmlp mentioned, this part was very successful
by dist-epoch 3y ago
The core of COM is about allowing binary code to be used from any language through a standardized interface.
As pjmlp mentioned, this part was very successful and all new Windows APIs are based on it.
The COM which failed and which you are thinking about was related to OLE and the idea of embedding Excel sheets inside Photoshop drawings, ...
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- abwizz 3y ago> the idea of embedding Excel sheets inside Photoshop drawings, ... that's still a thing isn't it?
- zweifuss 3y agoMicrosoft ported OLE 1 to Macintosh, but never OLE Version 2, because Apple guidelines forbid programes to start other programs. Because of that Photoshop had a not supported version of OLE. I don't know if it is still available in up to date Photoshop. On Windows it works both ways with OLE 2.