ORB protocols</b> - This step will add support for ORB protocols
besides GIOP. In particular, we will explore lightweight protocols using
shared memory and system buses like PCI or VME.</li>
</ul>
Current Status:
<ul>
<li>
The basic framework to support pluggable transport protocols has been completed.
The standard TAO regression tests <tt>Latency</tt>,
<tt>MT_Cubit</tt>,
<tt>Multiple_Inheritance</tt>,
<tt>CDR</tt> and
<tt>EC_Throughput</tt> can be used to verify performance
using the new framework.</li>

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