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>>Craig,
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>>And this isn't directed at you, anyone wanting more knowledge about the subject (and with access to the MSDN library) should check out Technical Articles/Component Object Model. OLE is a subject beneath that, and includes a paper "What OLE Is Really About by Kraig Brockschmidt, which gives the history and background.
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>Ohh...I can use this for my COM+ presentation.

I'm sure you saw that there's a section on COM+ too.:-)