ORBit 0.2

[Elliot Lee <sopwith redhat com>]

What is it/what does it do?
	- An Object Request Broker aiming for full CORBA 2.2 compliance
	  (What is CORBA? http://www.omg.org/news/begin.htm), and
	  already a good amount accomplished towards this goal.

	- Uses Very Cool optimization techniques to provide thin,
	  fast stubs and a memory-efficient, fast ORB. For example,
	  an ORBit "echo this string back to me" client, with
	  everything except basic system libraries statically linked,
	  is under a tenth the /usr/bin/size of the equivalent MICO
	  client.

	- C language bindings, others to come.

	- Performs all basic client- and server- side SII functions,
	  to the point of replacing mico as the ORB used by the GNOME panel,
	  and allowing CORBA integration work to proceed in the rest of
	  the GNOME desktop project.

	- Licensed under the LGPL

Where can you get it?
	ftp://ftp.gnome.org/pub/ORBit/ORBit-0.2.tar.gz

How can you help?
	- New language bindings
	- Testing and bug fixing
	- Verify CORBA compliance
	- Send a patch for an item on the TODO list
	- <Insert your favorite feature here>

Where can you get more information?
	http://www.labs.redhat.com/orbit/

Please submit bug reports to <sopwith@redhat.com>, or via the GNOME bug
tracking system at http://www.gnome.org/cgi-bin/bugs
-- Elliot
Do you ever just feel thankful that you know me and have access to my
dementia? Explain. Be prepared to discuss in class.