The German company Software AG' s implemeNTation of DCOM under Unix and on IBMmainframes, released at the end of 1997. ENTireX enables users to exchange their DCOM componeNTs between {Windows 95}, {Windows NT}, {Unix} and {OS/390} and to build application programs with componeNTs running on any of those platforms. {Start (http://www.softwareag.com/corporat/solutions/eNTirex/eNTirex.htm)}. (1999-02-05)