InhaltsangabeDistributed systems, OSF DCE, and beyond.- Comparing two distributed environments: DCE and ANSAware.- Comparison of DCE RPC, DFN-RPC, ONC and PVM.- Some DCE performance analysis results.- A performance study of the DCE 1.0.1 Cell Directory Service: Implications for application and tool programmers.- Fidl - a tool for using DCE from Fortran.- Converting legacy FORTRAN applications to distributed applications.- Using standard tools to build an Open, client/server prototype.- Pilgrim's OSF DCE-based services architecture.- Converting monolithic programs for DCE client-server computing given incomplete cutset information.- Managing the transition to OSF DCE security.- DCE Cells under megascope: Pilgrim insight into the resource status.- Supporting continuous media in open distributed systems architectures.- Integrating RPC and message passing for distributed programming.- Optimized selection of servers for reduced response time in RPC.- Extending DCE RPC by dynamic objects and dynamic typing.- A simple ORB implementation on top of DCE for distributed object oriented programming.- DCE++: Distributing C++-objects using OSF DCE.- Object-oriented distributed computing with C++ and OSF DCE.- Graphical design support for DCE applications.- Taming heterogeneity in networked environments.