Universal Message Manager (opens in new tab)

Back in the early '90s we were working on automating an aluminium smelter in Australia. We developed a system called Message Director: a publish and subscribe system that allowed applications to communicate on bus where messages were published, and subscriptions made to, a director application. All messages were logged and applications could be changed or added to without effecting other applications. It was incredibly successful. We finished the automation with a team of 3 people within time...