Middleware 2000: IFIP/ACM International Conference on Distributed Systems Platforms and Open Distributed Processing New York, NY, USA, April 4-7, 2000 Proceedings

Middleware is everywhere. Ever since the advent of sockets and other virtu— circuit abstractions, researchers have been looking for ways to incorporate high— value concepts into distributed systems platforms. Most distributed applications, especially Internet applications, are now programmed using such middleware platforms. Prior to 1998, there were several major conferences and workshops at which research into middleware was reported, including ICODP (International C— ference on Open Distr...