Distributed objects in a commercial Web environment

The authors describe two recently deployed intranet systems that we have developed using distributed objects and Web technology. Both systems solve the same problem: providing a searchable book database that can be updated daily. While both systems share some components their use of distributed objects and Web technology differs considerably. They discuss the benefits and liabilities that their approach has incurred. This may be of relevance to a wide range of intranet systems and also the WWW. Further, they give an outlook on the future of distributed object technology in the context of the Word-Wide Web and intranet systems