1. Web-Sim 2003 and Beyond: Working Together Richard Mark Soley, Ph. D
Web-Sim 2003 and Beyond: Working Together Richard Mark Soley, Ph.D. Chairman and CEO

2. OMG’s Vision
The Global Information Appliance

3. Heterogeneity is Permanent
Programming languages
~3 million COBOL programmers
~1.6 million VB programmers
~1.1 million C/C++ programmers
Operating systems
Unix, MVS, VMS, MacOS, Windows (all 8!), PalmOS…
Windows 3.1: it’s still out there!
Embedded devices (mobile, set-top, etc.)
Networks
Ethernet, ATM, IP, SS7, Firewire, USB
Bluetooth, b, HomeRF

4. Where Can We Agree?
There will not be consensus on hardware platforms
There will not be consensus on operating systems
There will not be consensus on network protocols
There will not be consensus on programming languages
There must be consensus on models, interfaces and interoperability!

5. OMG’s Mission Since 1989
Develop an architecture, using object technology, for distributed application integration, guaranteeing:
reusability of components
interoperability & portability
basis in commercially available software
Specifications freely available
Implementations exist
Member-controlled not-for-profit

6. Who Are OMG? Alcatel AT&T BEA Systems Borland Boeing CA Codagen
Compuware
DaimlerChrysler
EDS
Fujitsu
Glaxo SmithKline
Hewlett Packard
Hitachi
Hyperion
IBM
IONA
io Software
Kabira
Kennedy Carter
John Deere
LION Bioscience
Lockheed Martin
MITRE
Motorola
NASA
NEC
Nokia
NTT DoCoMo
OASIS
Open GIS Consortium
PRISM Technologies
SAP
SAS Institute
Softeam
Sun Microsystems
TCS
Unisys
VHA
W3C

7. History of Working Together
Long history working with other consortia
ISO PAS submitter (one of the first, and before PAS existed)
Joint publication with WFMC, etc.
Co-publications with ITU, etc.
Interoperability Summit

8. What We Bring to the Party
Distributed computing expertise
Modeling expertise (MOF, UML, XMI, CWM)
Long-established, rapid, proven process
Long-established professional staff
History of applying technology to verticals
Geospatial & Value-Added Services
C4I & Crisis Response (CREATE)
Healthcare