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>Yes, the COM server is stateless. The next question was: Will MTS slow down my program because each program in the application polls the COM server every second (this IS necessary)?
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>Mal

There will be a performance hit because your COM calls will first be handled by the MTS/COM+ server which access its internal cache of objects so you are adding an extra layer. How big a hit I can't say.

When you say your applications poll the COM server, this implies that the COM server has static information that continually changes which is not stateless. Does it generate the information at each call?