What is the usage of CORBA, example wanted...(50分)

I am a newer for Delphi, after 2 years DOS pfrgramming, now I see a lot of new things in this WIN32 platform, and new standards for (X)NIX, the question I met here is, what is the practical usage for CORBA?

For example: I have one core server to deal 10 remote client's data input, like a typical supermart sales system, where is the CORBA's position?!

One more: I have a personal address management software, sure it's a very simple software, maybe with a ACCESS database, where is the CORBA's position?!

I feel this is a concept problem for me, can anyone kindly guide my concept? Thanks!
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Yan YaDing

I think this is also a OO subject. that is, how to design a system
Object Oriented, no in tradictional C/S style, and of course not structurized
style.This is a big subject.

In my opinion, the basic way is to encapsulate database access in CORBA's
position, then the client positon never access the database directly. What
client do is to call interface of CORBA object, and it can only do that.


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