[orbnews@franz.com: Franz Inc. CORBA IDL Mapping Approved]

[Marco A. <ma...@pa...>]

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Delivery-Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2000 02:52:07 +0100
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Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 16:48:37 -0800
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Subject: Franz Inc. CORBA IDL Mapping Approved 


Are you using CORBA to interface with 
legacy code and other systems?  Are
you thinking about it?  Now it's even 
easier than before to use Lisp in
Enterprise-wide applications.  

The OMG has approved Franz Inc.'s IDL 
mapping, which means Allegro ORBLink,
our Corba ORB, is now the industry 
standard for Lisp ORBs. (The press release
below has more information about this.)

Give us a call today to learn more about 
how Allegro ORBLink can help you
maximize the power of Lisp.  

Contact or...@fr... or your Franz Inc. 
Account Executive for more information.

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FRANZ INC. SETS STANDARD FOR CORBA LISP 
INTERFACES AND ORBS. 
OMG approves IDL mapping with high praise. 
 
Berkeley, CA  February 8, 2000 -- 
Franz Inc. (http://www.franz.com) 
announced it had received approval of its Lisp-IDL 
specifications by the Object Management Group 
(http://www.omg.org).
 
Franz Inc. developed the mapping in support of 
its CORBA-compliant Lisp ORB, Allegro ORBLink. 
Allegro ORBLink allows Lisp users to develop 
large scale distributed applications that 
smoothly interface with other languages. 

"We're thrilled that our mapping has become 
the Lisp standard," says Fritz Kunze, CEO of 
Franz Inc. "Our  Allegro ORBLink product has been 
quitesuccessful in expanding the use of Lisp in 
mission-critical, multi-language Enterprise 
applications. The mapping approval means that we 
can continue to enhance and grow Lisp's usage."

"Now Allegro ORBLink customers can leverage their 
knowledge, experience and the power of Lisp, while 
taking advantage of the newest technologies such 
as Java," adds Richard Barber, Franz Inc.’s 
Vice President of Technology.

Franz Inc. introduced Allegro ORBLink in 1997 to 
take advantage of the potential for Lisp that 
CORBA provided. Whereas before it was difficult to 
port to applications written in other languages, 
CORBA gives developers a standardized system in 
which to do so. 
 
Allegro ORBLink is used by key Franz customers 
including Boeing, MITRE, Knowledge Technologies 
Inc. (ICAD), Performigence (Knowledge Management), 
and Synquiry (Web Filter/Data Mining). 
 
Franz Inc. is the world's leading vendor of 
dynamic object-oriented development tools featuring 
Allegro CL and CLOS. Franz Inc.'s products enable 
software developers to build complex, flexible, 
and scalable applications quickly and cost-effectively. 

For more information about Franz Inc.'s products and 
services, call 1-888-CLOS NOW, email: in...@fr... 
or see our website: 
http://www.franz.com. 
 
Allegro CL and Allegro ORBLink are trademarks of 
Franz Inc.  CORBA is aregistered trademark of the OMG.
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