@Book{ANANDA90,
  author =       "Akkihebbal L. Ananda and Balasubramaniam Srinivasan",
  title =        "Distributed Computing Systems: Concepts and Structures",
  publisher =    "IEEE Computer Society Press",
  year =         "1990",
}

@Article{ENSLOW78,
  author =       "Philip H. Enslow, Jr.",
  title =        "What is a `{Distributed}' Data Processing Systems?",
  institution =  "Georgia Institute of Technology",
  publisher =    "IEEE Computer Society Press",
  journal =      "IEEE Computer",
  year =         "1978",
}

@Article{SCHMIDTJAN95,
  author =       "Douglas C. Schmidt and Steve Vinoski",
  title =        "Introduction to Distributed Object Computing",
  publisher =    "SIGS Publication",
  journal =      "C++ Report magazine (January)",
  year =         "1995",
}

@InCollection{CHAPPELL94,
  author =       "David Chappell",
  title =        "{The {OSF} Distributed Computing Environment ({DCE})}",
  booktitle =    "Distributed Computing: Implementation and Management Strategies",
  year =         "1994",
  editor =       "Raman Khanna",
  pages =        "175-199",
  publisher =    "Prentice Hall",
}

@TechReport{YANG95,
  author = "Zhonghua Yang and Keith Duddy",
  title = "{Distributed Object Computing with {C}{O}{R}{B}{A}}",
  institution = "Distributed Systems Technology, University of Queensland",
  year = "1995",
  number = "DSTC Technical Report 23",
  month = "June",
}

@Book{BROCKSCHMIDT94,
  author =       "Kraig Brockschmidt",
  title =        "Inside OLE2",
  publisher =    "Microsoft Press",
  year =         "1994",
}

@Manual{CORBASPEC,
  title =        "The Common Object Request Broker: Architecture and Specification",
  organization = "Object Management Group",
  edition =      "Version 2.0",
  month =        "July",
  year =         "1995",
}

@Book{OTTE96,
  title =        "Understanding CORBA: The Common Object Request Broker Architecture",
  author =       "Randy Otte and Paul Patrick and Mark Roy",
  publisher =    "Prentice Hall",
  year =         "1996",
}

@Book{ORFALI96,
  author =       "Robert Orfali and Dan Harkey and Jeri Edwards",
  title =        "The Essential Distributed Objects Survival Guide",
  publisher =    "John Wiley and Sons",
  year =         "1996",
}

@Article{SCHMIDTFEB95,
  author =       "Douglas C. Schmidt and Steve Vinoski",
  title =        "Modeling Distributed Object Applications",
  publisher =    "SIGS Publication",
  journal =      "C++ Report magazine (February)",
  year =         "1995",
}

@Article{VINOSKI93,
  author =      "Steve Vinoski",
  title =       "Distributed Object Computing with {C}{O}{R}{B}{A}",
  publisher =   "SIGS Publication",
  journal =     "C++ Report magazine (July/August)",
  year =        "1993",
}

@Article{SCHMIDTMAY95,
  author =      "Douglas C. Schmidt and Steve Vinoski",
  title =       "Comparing Alternative Client-Side Distributed Programming Techniques",
  publisher =   "SIGS Publication",
  journal =     "C++ Report magazine (May)",
  year =        "1995",
}

@Manual{ORBIXARCH95,
  title =       "The Orbix Architecture ",
  organization= "Iona Technologies Ltd",
  month =       "August",
  year =        "1993",
}

@Manual{ORBELINE,
  title =        "ORBeline User's Guide",
  organization = "Post Modern Computing Technologies",
  edition =      "Version 1.0",
  year =         "1994",
}

@Article{SCHMIDTOCT95,
  author =      "Douglas C. Schmidt and Steve Vinoski",
  title =       "Comparing Alternative Server Programming Techniques",
  publisher =   "SIGS Publication",
  journal =     "C++ Report magazine",
  year =        "1995",
}

@InProceedings{GOKHALE1,
  author =       "Aniruddha Gokhale and Douglas C. Schmidt",
  title =        "Measuring the Performance of Communication Middleware on High-Speed Networks",
  year =         "1996",
  organization = "SIGCOMM Conference, ACM, Stanford University",
  month =        "August 28-30",
}

@InProceedings{GOKHALENOV96,
  author =       "Aniruddha Gokhale and Douglas C. Schmidt",
  title =        "Performance of the {C}{O}{R}{B}{A} {D}ynamic {I}nvocation {I}nterface
and Internet Inter-ORB Protocol over High-Speed ATM Networks",
  year =         "1996",
  organization = "GLOBECOM Conference, London",
  month =        "November 18-22",
}

@Manual{UNOSPEC,
  title =        "Universal Networked Objects",
  organization = "Object Management Group",
  edition =      "Version 1.0",
  month =        "March",
  year =         "1995",
}

@InProceedings{SCHMIDTHARRISON95,
  author = "Douglas C. Schmidt and Tim Harrison and Ehab Al-Shaer",
  title = "Object-Oriented Components for High-Speed Network Programming",
  year = "1995",
  organization = "USENIX Conference on Object-Oriented Technologies, Monterey, CA",
  month = "June",
}

@InProceedings{PYARLI96,
  author = "Irfan Pyarali and Tim Harrison and Douglas C. Schmidt",
  title =  "Design and Performance of an Object-Oriented Framework for High-Speed Electronic Medical Imaging",
  year = "1996",
  organization = "USENIX COOTS conference, Toronto, Canada",
  month = "June",
}

@Unpublished{Thompson96,
  author = "Dean Thompson",
  title = "Performance Related Issues regarding components of Object
Request Brokers",
  note = "Submitted as part of the Software Development honours thesis
requirements at Monash University (Caulfield)",
  month = "30 May",
  year = "1996",
}

@Book{NATAN95,
  author =       "Ron Ben-Natan",
  title =        "{C}{O}{R}{B}{A}: A guide to {C}ommon {O}bject {R}equest {B}roker {A}rchitecture",
  publisher =    "McGraw-Hill",
  year =         "1995",
}

@Book{SIEGEL96,
  author =       "Jon Siegel",
  title =        "{C}{O}{R}{B}{A}: {F}undamentals and {P}rogramming",
  publisher =    "John Wiley and Sons",
  year =         "1996",
}

@Book{STEVENS90,
  author =       "W. Richard Stevens",
  title =        "{U}{N}{I}{X} {N}etwork {P}rogramming",
  publisher =    "Prentice Hall",
  year =         "1990",
}

@Book{COMER93,
  author =       "Douglas E. Comer and David L. Stevens",
  title =        "{I}nternetworking with {T}{C}{P}/{I}{P} Volume III",
  publisher =    "Prentice Hall",
  year =         "1993",
}

@Book{STEVENS92,
  author =       "W. Richard Stevens",
  title =        "{A}dvanced {P}rogramming in the {U}{N}{I}{X} {E}nvironment",
  publisher =    "Addison-Wesley",
  year =         "1992",
}

@Book{RUMBAUGH92,
  author =       "James Rumbaugh",
  title =        "Object-Oriented modelling and design",
  publisher =    "Prentice Hall",
  year =         "1991",
}

@Book{DEITEL94,
  author =        "H.M Deitel and P.J Deitel",
  title =         "{C}{+}{+} How to Program",
  publisher =     "Prentice Hall International",
  year =          "1994",
}

@Book{SOUKUP94,
  author =        "Jiri Soukup",
  title =         "Taming C++ : pattern classes and persistence for large projects",
  publisher =     "Addison-Wesley",
  year =          "1994",
}

@Manual{Arjuna,
  title = 	 "The Arjuna System Programmer's Guide",
  organization = "University of Newcastle Upon Tyne",
  author =       "Professor Santosh Shrivastava",
  edition =      "Public Release 3.0",
  year =         "1994",
}

@Manual{ILU,
  title =        "Inter-Language Unification (ILU) System",
  organization = "Xerox Corporation",
  author =       "Doug Cutting and Frank Halasz and Dan Larner and Denis Seversen",
  edition =      "2.0alpha8",
  year =         "1996",
}


@TechReport{Bal96,
  title =        "Orca: a Portable User-Level Shared Object System",
  institution =  "Vrije Universiteit",
  author =       "Henri E. Bal and Raoul Bhoedjang and Rutger Hofman and Ceriel Jacobs and Koen Langendoen and Tim Ruhl",
  year =         "1996",
  number =       "Technical Report IR-408",
  month =        "June",
  note =         "Department of Mathematics and Computer Science",
}

@InProceedings{Bal93,
  title =        "Object Distribution in Orca using Compile-Time and Run-Time Techniques",
  organization = "Conference on Object-Oriented Programming Systems, Languages and Applications (OOPSLA)",
  author =       "Henri E. Bal and M. Frans Kaashoek",
  booktitle =    "Proceedings on the Conference of Object-Oriented Programming Systems, Languages and Applications (OOPSLA) September 1993",
  year =         "1993",
  pages =        "pp. 162-177",
  publisher =    "IEEE Computer Society Press",
  month =        "September",
}

@Article{Kaashoek91,
  author =      "Fred Douglis and M. Frans Kaashoek and John K. Ousterhout and Andrew S. Tanenbaum",
  title =       "A Comparison of Two Distributed Systems: Amoeba and Sprite",
  publisher =   "MIT Press",
  journal =     "Journal of Computing Systems",
  year =        "1991",
  volume =      "4",
  number =      "3",
  pages =       "pp. 353-384",
  month =       "December",
}

@InProceedings{Levelt92,
  title =        "A Comparison of Two Paradigms for Distributed Shared Memory",
  organization = "Software--Practice and Experience",
  author =       "Willem G. Levelt and M. Frans Kaasoek and Henri E. Bal and Andrew S. Tanenbaum",
  booktitle =    "Proceedings on Software--Practice and Experience November 1992",
  year =         "1992",
  pages =        "pp. 985-1010",
  publisher =    "John Wiley",
  month =        "November",
}

@Article{Protic96,
  author =       "Jelica Protic and Milo Tomasevic and Veljko Milutinovic",
  title =        "Distributed Shared Memory: Concepts and Systems",
  institution =  "Univeristy of Belgrade",
  publisher =    "IEEE Computer Society Press",
  journal =      "IEEE Computer",
  year =         "1996",
  volume =       "Summer 1996",
  booktitle =    "IEEE Parallel and Distributed Technology",
  pages =        "pp. 63-79",
}