| Abstract: |
Introduction to Component-Based Development Architectures Every ‘new kid on the technology block’ goes through a predictable life-cycle which includes a number of clearly discernible stages: First, the media hype the concept to an unrealistic level, even though real experience is limited to a very few early adopters. The initial hype causes all the traditional vendors to claim that, either, they have really been doing the same for years, or that their products and services have miraculously acquired the required features and functionality. This stimulates the next stage, in which there is widespread misunderstanding, which is also fuelled by well publicised failures of early projec |