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            size=3D1><B><STRONG>MIDDLEWARE =
WATCH:</STRONG></B></FONT><FONT=20
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            size=3D5>I</FONT><FONT=20
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color=3Dblack>n the=20
            Aug. 15 issue (</FONT><A=20
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            Middleware Layer Model,=94</FONT></A><FONT=20
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            suggested a layered model for networked applications that =
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            various levels of interaction between them. A long-standing =
project=20
            of mine is to set down some kind of definition for =
middleware, and=20
            by providing a layered model and specifying that true =
middleware=20
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data,=20
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Systems Network=20
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Standards=20
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about=20
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in the=20
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Its lowest=20
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that=20
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from other=20
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and the=20
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subject to the=20
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my=20
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layer.=20
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is layer=20
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OSI=20
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at=20
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application=20
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infrastructure, it=20
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software=20
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finds its=20
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commit to=20
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actual=20
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below=20
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three=20
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form the=20
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(layer 4,=20
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second=20
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meta-network=20
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multicast=20
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layer=20
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includes=20
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occurs; and=20
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regular=20
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the=20
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necessary=20
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perspective of=20
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clear that=20
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networks riding=20
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special and=20
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enormous=20
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provide=20
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model and mine=20
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five=20
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now=20
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role of=20
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forward,=20
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