Distributed Computing Environment

Distributed Computing Environment (DCE)

Distributed Computing Environment (DCE) Version 1.1
 * Open Software Foundation (OSF, now The Open Group)

Architecture

 * Remote Procedure Call:DEC/HP Network Computing System
 * Threads Service:Based on DEC Concert Multithread Architecture, POSIX 1003.4a

Products

 * IBM Distributed Computing Environment 2.1
 * IBM Directory and Security Server for OS/2 Warp (Jul 1996)

Standards

 * ANSI.C, American National Standard X3.159-1989
 * CCITT Blue Book, Fascicle VIII.4, International Telecommunications Union, 1988
 * Information Processing - Programming Language C, ISO Draft International Standard DIS9899

Articles

 * Mustering DCE Registry Objects with the Managed Object Class Library
 * Strategies for Using the DCE Managed Object Class Library
 * Enabling DCE Application Servers for System Management

Publications

 * Ward Rosenberry; David Kenney; Gerry Fisher: Understanding DCE - O'Reilly 1992, ISBN 1-56592-005-8
 * John Shirley: Guide to Writing DCE Applications - O'Reilly 1993, ISBN 1-56592-004-X
 * Harold W. Lockhart: OSF DCE: Guide to Developing Distributed Applications - McGraw-Hill 1994, ISBN 0-07-911481-4

Links

 * Research papers and presentations
 * Alexander B. Schill; Markus U. Mock: DC++: distributed object-oriented I system support on top of OSF DCE] - 1993 Distributed Systems Engineering. v1, 112 - A newer, better formatter version can be found here.
 * Alexander B. Schill; Markus U. Mock: Case Study: Client/Server Approach versus Distributed Object-Oriented Computing on top of OSF DCE - Journal of Computer Communications, Volume 18 Issue 7, July, 1995, Pages 512-518.