Comparing two distributed environments: DCE and ANSAware
Ashley Beitz, Paul King, Kerry Raymond · 1993
. A distributed environment is used for the development and operation of distributed applications. This paper compares two distributed environments: the Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) from the Open Software Foundation (OSF) and ANSAware from Architecture Projects Management (APM) Limited. The results indicate that DCE and ANSAware have many differences. These differences reflect the fact that ANSAware was built up from an innovative architectural model for distributed systems with a focus on providing a vehicle for technology transfer, while DCE was built by integrating existing technology with a focus on providing the functionality necessary for commercial viability. 1 Introduction Distributed environments are the collection of utilities, languages and libraries which support the development and operation of distributed applications. A distributed environment has a similar purpose to a distributed operating system, but sits on top of an existing operating system as opposed t...