> IPC option in .NET could end up being XML/SOAP. Besides,=20 > that's where=20 > Micro$oft wants you to go today (that "at their mercy" thing again). >=20 But where a the customers and the manufacturers?=20 They could create their own standard. Are their all manipulated by a MS virus? I like a lot of these MS tools like Visual Studio .NET but OPC-XML is like Alex already said not a solution for our needs. Regards, Andreas _______________________________________________________________________ This mailing list is neither sponsored nor endorsed by Invensys Process Systems (formerly The Foxboro Company). Use the info you obtain here at your own risks. Read http://www.thecassandraproject.org/disclaimer.html foxboro mailing list: //www.freelists.org/list/foxboro to subscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=join to unsubscribe: mailto:foxboro-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=leave