COM+ is still there and is part of .NET, but is now called Component Services. COM+ is basically a runtime environment for middle tier components. It provides a whole lot more than that... asynchronous events, queueing, transaction support, connection sharing...and more. You can read my articles in the MSDN library or go to http://www.microsoft.com/com/default.mspx

>COM+ - what is that? WHat kind of problems is that supposed to solve. Wasn't it "self-registration". All these geeky names - what was the point! These things were ALL big positives - all the marqui speakers lauded them as a break through.
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>Now that all the marqui super geeks received their .NET marching orders from the buffet rooms in Redmond - all of this stuff - like VFP MTDLL and COM+ - are somehow meaningless blunders of a wacky MS strategy in the days of yore!
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>I read one of Ricks papers from the era - wow - it's the greatest thing since ankle leashes and slip-check! And now it's all being played down like a bad dream.
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>Hard to follow!
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