Towards an independent component model

Summary form only given. There is an increasing need for engineering models that provide better representation of a software application. Software manufacturers are hoping to make an application from the composition of several software components in a way very similar to the hardware components. However, applications are currently bounded to the traditional programming models and services provided by current operating systems. Although current component models support component based development, they are at the end governed by the legacy roles imposed by the operating systems. In this paper, we introduce the EZeus component object model (ECM). We show that ECM exhibits most of the component-based software engineering advantages. ECM is an independent component model that allows developers to craft applications purely out of components that interact efficiently. The components are not dependent on particular operating systems.